my goal is to aquire a great small business this year with the artesian team.
I have been fortunate to find PREVIOUS success in both the military and private sector.
I PArtnered with artesian because they share my values.
i am looking to STEWARD A GREAT BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
About Me
From a young age, I've felt a strong desire to serve others. This calling was largely influenced by my admiration for past generations of Americans, especially those who bravely served during the Second World War. When the towers fell on 9/11 during my senior year of high school, I felt an overwhelming urge to answer our nation’s call.
Military Service
I enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in the celebrated 101st ABN Division and less than a year after graduating from high school, I deployed overseas. After being injured in Iraq, I came home and had the incredible opportunity to attend West Point and become an officer. I started in 2006 and commissioned as an infantry officer in 2010. Shortly thereafter, I attended the Army’s Ranger School and deployed again, this time to southern Afghanistan.
Education & Private Sector
After dedicating 12 years to active-duty service, I transitioned from the Army and was fortunate to attend Harvard Business School, where I pursued an MBA. It was during this phase at Harvard that my passion for entrepreneurship ignited. Rather than embarking on a journey to Wall Street, I chose the path of small business, initially serving as the COO and later stepping into the CEO role of a small company. Under our combined leadership, the company's equity value grew by 10x over a span of just four years, culminating in a successful acquisition by a strategic buyer in 2022.
WHAT WE OFFER
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Family Equity
I am backed by a single family who has operated the same private family business continuously for over 150 years
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Long-term investment horizon
We own businesses for decades, not years
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Flexibility
Our unique structure allows us the flexibility to construct a deal that meets your needs
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Preserving your legacy
Our goal is to reinvest a majority of the profits back into the employees, customers, and communities we serve
Ideal customer
bUSINESS cHARACTERISTICS
•Stable and highly satisfied customer base
•Tenured and engaged employees
•Pattern of modest revenue growth over the past 3 or 5 years
•Desire to step away from the business post-close
•$3 - $25 million in revenue & $1 - $5 million EBITDA
•Privately held
•Diverse customer base
•Selling controlling interets
Seller cHARACTERISTICS
•Run the business for 10-20 years or more and cares about a thoughtful transition to a new long-term owner
•Closely held or family-owned business selling a controlling interest
•Willing to mentor me for 3-12 months
•Desire for key employees to make more money and grow with the company in the future
•Conservative and clean balance sheet
Preferred Industries
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Financial Services
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Healthcare
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Industrials
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Software
