My conversation with Daniel Priestley about how to become a "key person of influence" in the world of private equity, investing or small business acquisition.

Being known in your own little world makes three things possible:

- Finding better deals

- Attract more capital on better terms

- Have more talent wanting to partner with your companies

Daniel manages a portfolio of internet companies and has a team of 150 people.

We discuss:

– The biggest leverage is not capital, its enterprise - the ability to run a business

– Becoming a key person of influence niche industry (hint: Buffett’s annual letters)

– Growing portfolio companies using cold calling and email

– Raising millions for your company by using cold outreach to content strategy

Show Notes:

00:00:00 - Intro00:01:07 - Growing the first company to $10 million in revenue in 3 years

00:02:23 - Building a personal brand in the M&A, PE or small business acquisition world

00:10:10 - Sending 150 messages per day to test the product, build the relationships

00:13:39 - Cold outreach to content

00:15:11 - Use waiting lists when raising capital; making transactions

00:23:01 - Providing immense value to your peers

00:31:03 - Going from online to offline to ACTUALLY raise capital and do the deals

00:47:52 - The biggest lever is not capital, its enterprise - to run the business

Follow PrivatEquityGuy on Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy⁠

Join HoldCo Builders weekly newsletter on finding deals, raising capital, and growing small profitable niche businesses: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://privatequityguy.beehiiv.com/⁠

Daniel on Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/DanielPriestley

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.