5-Company HoldCo with a Next Goal to Generate $100M in Revenue

Imagine this… You help grow the home care and hospice company from $20 million to $150 million and then they fire you. Then you think whether you should start your own thing or not, “I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I wasn’t ready for it…” Voila… You still decide to do it… Today, at 38, Nikolas runs a diversified portfolio of 5 companies. ("A small portfolio of a few companies,”, as he put it.) What a humble man. Fantastic and very open conversation with Nikolas Hulewsky from the holding company called CoFounders. Show notes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:36 - Lessons learned from growing a home care business to $150 million 00:09:51 - Getting fired and starting your own business 00:11:58 - Starting a brand new company and making $10 million in revenue in 3 months 00:19:55 - 4 criteria before buying a company 00:24:50 - Preparing for interest rate changes and what if they don't change 00:27:41 - All deals they’ve done are off-market, never using brokers 00:36:21 - “You do it because you want to have fun,” but what about financial goals? 00:40:30 - Building a business with your best friend 00:45:13 - Time management 101: 4 kids, a wife, and a goal of $100m in revenue Follow Mikk/PrivatEquityGuy on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nikolas on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/CoFoundersNik⁠ This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.