My guest today is A.J. Wasserstein, the Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Lecturer in the Practice of Management at the Yale School of Management where he teaches multiple classes on the topics of entrepreneurship through acquisition and small company leadership.

A.J. previously was the president of Onesource Water, the third-largest bottleless water service business in the U.S. and the founder and CEO of ArchivesOne, the third-largest records management company in the U.S., which he sold to Iron Mountain after 17 years of operation. Among the topics we discuss in this episode are looking at life in thirds, the importance of protecting your time, and what it felt like to sell the company he founded. 

A.J. Wasserstein:

Case Studies at Yale

A.J.'s book: What Matters Most

Tim Ludwig:

Tim on X

Podcast website

Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:02:05) - Dividing your life into thirds

(00:07:02) - AJ’s first third of life

(00:10:38) - AJ’s second third of life

(00:16:36) - How has your idea of leadership evolved over your career?

(00:24:56) - The experience of selling a business you founded

(00:38:16) - Becoming an empty nester

(00:46:52) - AJ’s Third third of life

The content of this podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to provide investment advisory services, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund.

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