Our teams have spent their lives building a unique business that provide value to their customers. This differentiation allows our companies to stand out from the pack and forms a strong base for future growth. It’s hard to be more differentiated than Blackwood Solutions, Kronos Foods, Owen Equipment or ProClip Holdings.

Scaling doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of thousands of decisions that our teams make to improve their systems, processes and infrastructure. And once we have made these investments, it’s the success we have seen with companies like Waste Harmonics, Wedgewood Hospitality Group and Pipp Mobile Storage that drives us to build better, not just bigger, businesses.

Building a business predicated on recurring revenue provides a stable and predictable source of income for the business, allowing us and our teams to plan and make long-term investments in all types of economic cycles. Companies such as Entech Computer Services, Waste Harmonics and Minuteman Security Technologies all benefited from the “sleep at night” factor provided by recurring revenue and the stability it afforded our organizations.

Building a successful business is hard work. Doing it in a tough industry with significant headwinds is impossible. While we only expect potential, not perfection, we also look for an industry that will be a positive factor when we exit the business. Companies like Bland Landscaping, Minuteman Security Technologies, and QMI Security Solutions don’t need strong industry tailwinds to sell their stories, but it sure doesn’t hurt!