Acquiring Minds · $33m Holdco: Teddy Bears to Insurance Claims
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pruned the portfolio by selling smaller businesses (two Denim BlueJean brands and a Montessori supply distributor) to focus on larger, higher-margin assets
“We recruited the team that managed a mass, a much larger business. A bit like bringing in an asset manager who was managing $100 billion to go manage a billion dollar portfolio.”
“We would go in and we would sell to the wendy's brand… we were not going after them… part of this plan was to go smaller groups… direct selling motion”
“I decided it wasn't worth it… I chose instead to focus on my business… we refreshed our brand.”
“We prune in the summer, remove the top third and leave the two thirds below; this matches the evergreen growth pattern here.”
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