Business Breakdowns

Business Breakdowns

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Investing in Venture Secondaries - [Business Breakdowns, EP.193]

Today, we are covering the increasingly thematic market of venture secondaries. My guest is Ravi Viswanathan, founder and managing partner of NewView Capital. We cover some of the basics around these transactions because so much of private markets are bespoke. And while Ravi conf ...  Show more

Informa: Where Industries Meet - [Business Breakdowns, EP.192]

Today we are breaking down Informa. At its core Informa is a live events business headquartered in the UK. While media conversations often revolve around consumer giants like Disney, Informa operates in a different realm entirely - dominating the world of business-to-business con ...  Show more

Fastenal: A Nuts & Bolts Success Story - [Business Breakdowns, EP.191]

This is Zack Fuss. Today we're breaking down Fastenal. Starting as a small fastener retailer in Minnesota, the company has evolved into a mission-critical supply chain partner for its industrial customers. Today, the business sports a nearly $50 billion market cap and produces ne ...  Show more

Demographics Driving Real Estate - [Business Breakdowns, EP.190]

Today, my guest is Fernando De Leon, founder of Leon Capital Group. Fernando operates 14 different businesses under the Leon Capital umbrella, which vary across real estate, healthcare, and financial services. But as you will hear in our conversation, the businesses are connected ...  Show more

Merck & Co: Blockbuster Drugs - [Business Breakdowns, EP.189]

This is Zack Fuss. Today we are breaking down Merck, one of the world's largest and oldest pharmaceutical companies. The company has been shaping medicine and fostering innovation for over 130 years. From its humble beginnings as a small family pharmacy in Germany, today's iterat ...  Show more