How I Built and Sold a $31m Financial Media HoldCo | James Camp Interview

James started and built a financial media holdco to the point where it was acquired for $31 million.

He did it in 5 short years…

We discuss:

- Founding HoldCo with the most financially creative person he knew – a former commodities trader

- Organic growth vs growth through mergers and acquisitions

- Looking for stable year-over-year growth opportunities. “I’m not the dude who wants to do turnarounds”

- The importance of distribution and surfing the right wave

- The best deals have always been off-market

- How to win deals over the guys who take potential sellers to Lakers games

- Sales and marketing lessons from friends who run $100 mm business

- Why he's betting heavily on social: Short and long-form content

- Why and how ego holds too many entrepreneurs back

My conversation with James Camp, co-founder of DMO Holdings.

Enjoy.

Show notes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:44 - Life before DMO Holdings

00:06:10 - Launch and growth of DMO Holdings

00:15:35 - Finding the best talent through your network and community

00:28:35 - The importance of distribution and surfing the right wave

00:33:28 - Buy and build success tory: Growing a company 6x in 11 months

00:41:03 - Looking for $2-5mm EBITDA businesses

00:55:55 - Ego holds so many entrepreneurs back

01:03:30 - Attracting the right LPs

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