Birth of a Holdco (with 15 Acquisitions to Date)

Trevor Boehm shares how Saturn Five started as a venture studio but found buying small businesses a better model. 

Topics in Trevor's interview:

• First rule of holdcos: Do No Harm
• Benefits of buying businesses in a single geography
• What makes for a good owner-operator?
• How Saturn Five finds operators
• Loneliness as owner-operator of a small business
• Great hack for new owner-operators
• Why "boring" businesses aren't boring
• Advice to someone considering buying a small business
• Advice to entrepreneurs wanting to build a holdco
• Who is Saturn Five (and why you haven't heard of them)

Links & how to contact Trevor:

• Saturn Five
• Acquiring Minds episode with Andrew Harbin discussing loneliness as a new SMB owner [at 1:02:10]
• Acquiring Minds episode with Cassi Neikamp discussing building an industry mastermind to combat loneliness & speed learning [at 58:19]
• LinkedIn

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