Episodes

The Toolkit with Doug Lovette: Advising Companies and Private Equity Firms on Growth Through Acquisition

Top Takeaways Guest Profile Doug is the founder of Third Coast Capital Advisors and manages the firm’s daily activities, with responsibility for originating, advising on, and executing merger and acquisition transactions for clients across various industries. Before forming Third Coast Capital Advisors, Doug was a Managing Director in the Middle Market M&A group at Banc…

The Toolkit with Josh Gruss of Round Hill Music: How Music Royalties Work

Josh Gruss, Chairman and CEO of Round Hill Music, shares insights on music copyrights and investments. Gruss’ background in music and finance inspired his venture into music copyright investing. Round Hill primarily invests in older, proven catalogs, focusing on evergreen songs and synchronization royalties. The firm acquired Zync, a synchronization company, and leverages trending artists…

The Toolkit with Robb McDaniels: Music Industry Tech, Building Ingrooves from $0 to $130m in Revenue

Entrepreneur Robb McDaniels shares key insights: – Passion drives business success. – Luck, experience, and strong working relationships are crucial. – Vision, good hiring, and technology lead to growth. – Understanding customers and embracing technology are vital. – Faction Entertainment’s challenge was in implementing new tech and processes, affecting its scalability. Robb emphasizes learning from…

The Toolkit with Dave Schnadig: Delivering Value to Companies

Top Takeaways Guest Profile Dave Schnadig, co-president of Cortec Group, a New-York based private equity firm, joined the company in 1995 as a managing director and was promoted to partner in 2000 and managing partner in 2010. At Cortec Group, he has served as the board chair of many of the firm’s portfolio companies, including…

The Toolkit with Richard Mejia: Scaling a Professional Services Firm in a Growing Industry

Top Takeaways Guest Profile Richard Mejia Jr. became a partner in the accounting firm EY in 1983. A new opening at the San Diego office in 1988 catalyzed his transition into working primarily in Life Sciences and Technology. From 2001 to 2008, he headed up the entire Pacific Southwest Life Sciences Practice. Under his leadership,…

The Toolkit with Jared Freid: Building an Audience and Starting in Comedy

Top Takeaways Guest Profile Jared Freid is a comedian based out of New York City and originally from the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts. His comedy is current and reflects the ordinary daily thoughts of everyone you know, especially if everyone you know is a millennial, obsessed with dating apps, trying to be a real…

The Toolkit with CID: Making a Career in Music & Starting a Label

Top Takeaways Guest Profile CID was born and raised in Queens, New York. His dedicated passion for music started showing at the age of just 11 years old, when he would regularly travel for miles on the bus, so he could spend hours listening to new music at his favorite record shop. It wasn’t long…

The Toolkit with John Stewart, Founding Partner at MiddleGround Capital

Top Takeaways Guest Profile John is the Founding Partner of MiddleGround where he is responsible for the overall management of the firm. John started his career as an hourly line worker at Toyota Motor Corporation and held numerous management and executive positions over an 18-year career. John made the move to private equity in 2007,…

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