How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $30M HoldCo in 6 Years | Joe Van Deman and Colin King Interview

Meet Joe Van Deman and Colin King Founders of Circle City Capital Group. Starting with a small amount of savings and an SBA loan, over the past six years, they’ve made 14 acquisitions that have been consolidated into 4 companies, employing a total of 200 people. A combined $30m of revenue. ---------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - How Joe and Colin met and what they did before their first acquisition 00:07.32 - Quitting their jobs to start a 50/50 partnership with a "stranger" 00:12:29 - First acquisition 00:20:33 - Second acquisition 00:24:45 - The industries and companies they are looking at 00:32:55 - Current portfolio and deals made so far 00:41:42 - How they manage a portfolio of 10+ companies 00:49:31 - How they survived the hard times 00:57:13 - Post acquisition and learning the specifics of the industry/field within 90 days 00:59:44 - Salary, paying dividends or reinvesting the profits 01:01:05 - Thoughts on the next acquisitions ----------------------------------------------- Follow Mikk/PrivatEquityGuy on Twitter: https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy Colin on Twitter: https://x.com/valuedontlie Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joevandeman/ This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.