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Why Chenmark Bought a Boat Tour Business
Podcast |
Acquiring Minds
Publisher |
Will Smith
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Business
Entrepreneurship
Investing
Publication Date |
Jul 12, 2022
Episode Duration |
01:14:26

Seasonal. Nonrecurring. Key person risk. Trish Higgins recounts how Chenmark got excited about an unlikely acquisition. 

Topics in Trish's interview:

  • Building a holdco versus taking a job in private equity
  • What Chenmark does, why it's special
  • Chenmark's founders' goals: impact, interestingness, financial
  • Why isn't the holdco model taught in business schools?
  • The story of Cap'n Fish Cruises
  • Unit economics of a boat tour business
  • Is seasonality really so bad?
  • Managing seasonality
  • Are boat tour businesses attractive generally?
  • Finding differentiation in a crowded industry
  • Bait & tackle shop framework
  • Chenmark's second boat tour acquisition
  • How Chenmark approaches learning an industry where they've acquired a business

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Seasonal. Nonrecurring. Key person risk. Trish Higgins recounts how Chenmark got excited about an unlikely acquisition.

Seasonal. Nonrecurring. Key person risk. Trish Higgins recounts how Chenmark got excited about an unlikely acquisition. 

Topics in Trish's interview:

  • Building a holdco versus taking a job in private equity
  • What Chenmark does, why it's special
  • Chenmark's founders' goals: impact, interestingness, financial
  • Why isn't the holdco model taught in business schools?
  • The story of Cap'n Fish Cruises
  • Unit economics of a boat tour business
  • Is seasonality really so bad?
  • Managing seasonality
  • Are boat tour businesses attractive generally?
  • Finding differentiation in a crowded industry
  • Bait & tackle shop framework
  • Chenmark's second boat tour acquisition
  • How Chenmark approaches learning an industry where they've acquired a business

Reach Trish at:

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

Links & mentions:

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