Bruce Eskesen @BruceEskesen
Investing in small businesses @portraitcapital. Obsessed with @raisingcanes, @mlb, and @youtube. Follow me for random musings on business and life. New York City Joined August 2011-
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Happy to finally share some news ❗️ I have joined Portrait Capital as a Partner and President of Portfolio Operations. What is Portrait Capital? Formerly Majority Search, @JustinEBurris & @tsludwig founded Portrait Capital with the goal of helping family businesses transition…
🚨 For the past two years I've been pretty quiet about things going on with Majority Search, the investment firm I co-founded with @JustinEBurris. It would be a mistake to think that the lack of updates indicates a lack of activity. Today I wanted to share some big news and…
Today is launch day for my podcast, Transitions! I'm honored to have @moseskagan as my first guest and there's no one that I can think of whose story I'd be more excited to share than his. Moses is incredibly thoughtful and well-spoken. Combining that with his humility,…
Today is launch day for my podcast, Transitions! I'm honored to have @moseskagan as my first guest and there's no one that I can think of whose story I'd be more excited to share than his. Moses is incredibly thoughtful and well-spoken. Combining that with his humility,…
Daylight savings time was invented to throw analog clocks and ovens off their rhythm. The machines were getting too powerful.
What indisputable evidence do you have that you’ve earned the things you feel entitled to? Write it down. This was a pretty disappointing exercise for me.
If your time has a high enough opportunity cost associated with it (mine doesn’t, to be clear), then getting takeout is actually cheaper.
If your time has a high enough opportunity cost associated with it (mine doesn’t, to be clear), then getting takeout is actually cheaper.
Watching @jacobcollier push the envelope forward with each new album is so inspiring. He uses an incredibly expansive and eclectic musical vocabulary in such an approachable and familiar way. I love seeing one of the all-time greats so early in their career.
1/ On Dying In A Year I was thinking about this phrase the other day "Live every day as if it is your last" It is a very popular saying, you are supposed to appreciate each day each day, something like that. People inspo-tweet it a lot.
I’m a value investor. I only buy Wendy’s after midnight. I’m already up 5lbs.
Nathan Sweet ˚✧₊.. @ncsweet_
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𒆠 𒅀 K I A 𒆠 .. @canal_st_bags
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DiversityCopOut @DiversityCopOut
2K Followers 431 Following diversity sympathy case at EverSachs. NYC. Honors program reject. Vol & monetary policy. F1 aficionado
JL @spooky_JL
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overshare & underachi.. @zoe_kassell
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Hector Kilgoe @HectorKilgoe
902 Followers 2K Following PhD Candidate @UPennRELS | African American emigration and settlement in Liberia, Black nationalism & American empire in the long 19th century 🇨🇻🇵🇷🏳️🌈✡️
FP&Anon @anonfpa
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Alan @rickshepardman
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BettyBernal @6w42IQ54jeLF88
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Ffalet @Ffalet0K5IFI
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Sheesha @Sheesha861574
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ReneeJenny @K0qOw14y67bv9e
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Heike Oliveira @OliveiraHe92132
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JoanPeacock @y933qgkL5840r8
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Caitlin Witaker @CaitlinWit55073
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Kirstin Brashers @KirstBrashe
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Drew Anderson @drewanderson82
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Ruthe @Ruthe323671
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Dave DeMarinis @DaveDemarinis
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Tim Sweetman @timsweetman
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Ahmad Ibrahim @ahmadibrahim102
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Tyler Nuss @tyler_nuss
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Gary Nusbaum @GaryNusbaum
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Ben Van Zee @benvanzee
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Everleigh Allday @AlldayEver60652
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Helena Groh @groh_hele
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Lavone Aruizu @AruiLavon
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Grayson Phillips @Pndubya_
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Colette Mugica @mugica73576
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Natosha Dannelley @natos_dannell
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Zaynab Schwan @SchwanSchw
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please find the revis.. @bottombucketaf
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CAGR Party 📈 @CAGR_Party
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Nathan Sweet ˚✧₊.. @ncsweet_
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Hunter SPX Thompson �.. @CoorsLightCEO
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High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry
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Mezz @for_yield
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DiversityCopOut @DiversityCopOut
2K Followers 431 Following diversity sympathy case at EverSachs. NYC. Honors program reject. Vol & monetary policy. F1 aficionado
Business School Booga.. @bschoolboogaloo
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Sophie Bowe @sophiebowe07
298 Followers 184 Following | mechanical engineer | she/her | “a little obnoxious but means well”
JL @spooky_JL
8K Followers 1K Following Former GP @ Company of the West • financial engineering appreciator • pro-gas stove single issue voter
overshare & underachi.. @zoe_kassell
145 Followers 171 Following popcorn enthusiast, fast walker, part-time dog hugger, nature girl™️
off balance sheet guy @ConvexityThe
1K Followers 618 Following buy/sell don’t matter I still get paid
The Boring Marketer @boringmarketer
35K Followers 180 Following "Boring” marketing advice that brings you profit. Anonymous so I can be 100% honest. We are the AI-assisted SEO partner to your favorite brands. Follow along.
Justin Turner @JustinNicholasT
3K Followers 2K Following Buying great businesses @ Traction Capital alongside @peterbelll.
Dave DeMarinis @DaveDemarinis
559 Followers 973 Following Heavy Value Add Real Estate Investor. Hard/Private/Bridge Lender. Turn small businesses into bigger ones.
Rich Jordan | Strongp.. @StrongpointRich
16K Followers 380 Following Stubbornly interdisciplinary. Giving the trades a good home @realstrongpoint | Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical | Marine Infantry
Ben Van Zee @benvanzee
1K Followers 736 Following Random freight-adjacent thoughts. I own businesses that support carriers with DOT compliance & freight factoring. I have an associates degree.
Tyler Nuss @tyler_nuss
765 Followers 507 Following procurement @rivian | co-founder @themodernacre | opinions are my own
Bryce Nelson @BryceNelson
1K Followers 2K Following Operations Manager with Vivint | Looking to buy a SMB| Love talking about acquisition entrepreneurship
Portrait Capital @portraitcapital
12 Followers 1 Following A private investment firm crafting perfectly-tailored transitions for exceptional companies
John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre
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Chris Hoffmann @STLChrisH
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Tyler Hoffman @hoffman_capital
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Josh Schultz 🏭🚀 @joshuamschultz
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Zach @ShowMeYourCIM
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Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi
628K Followers 108 Following Day Job: I invest and scale companies at https://t.co/gQN7OehYd2 | Co-Owner, Skool. Side Hustle: I make content showing how we do it. Grab my new book here ⬇️
Andrew Hoffman // Sea.. @AgeofHoffman
1K Followers 626 Following Search Fund Coalition, Founder, ETA Community Builder and Highly Distracted Part-Time Searcher. All re-tweets are my own. Some ETA Tweets. Proud New EBITDAD
Kirk Newcombe | Tech .. @KirkNewcombe
1K Followers 783 Following Building process, automation, AI @TorchPX / Acquired NY's largest swimming pool holdco thru ETA. 150 staff in Service, HVAC, Bulk Chems, Design/Engineer/Build.
Dzmitry Miranovich @dzmitry9
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Jake Stone @EngineerABiz
37 Followers 119 Following Building an MEP Engineering firm that people actually love
1999 Live @25YearsAgoLive
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Rand Larsen @RandBusiness
5K Followers 1K Following I build peer groups for SMB Owners. Hosting SMB/ETA Meetups all around North America. Previously @wilsoncompanies.
Michael Girdley @girdley
214K Followers 2K Following CEO of an 11-business, 600-person holding company. Fireworks, software, +9 more. Writing about holding co's, starting businesses, life, and leading.
Eric Jorgenson 📚 �.. @EricJorgenson
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Connor Abene @ConnorAbene
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Majority Search @MajoritySearch
576 Followers 2 Following We turn operators into owners by providing support and capital to find, buy, and run exceptional small companies. Founded by @justineburris and @tsludwig.
Luke @SnowballInv
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Everest Brady 🏔️ @EverestBrady
1K Followers 497 Following Just a man trying to live up to his name | Previously in Operations at Hadrian and CaneKast
Joe Pohlen @joepohlen
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Justin Burris @JustinEBurris
1K Followers 642 Following Investor in exceptional small and mid-sized companies. Managing Partner at @PortraitCapital with @tsludwig and @mikebotkin_
Derek Turner @AZ_SMB
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Rev Cap @rev_cap
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Formerly MicroAcquire.. @microacquire
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Mike Botkin @MikeBotkin_
14K Followers 597 Following Portrait Capital || Partner, President of Portfolio Operations
Matthias Smith, CEO -.. @SBA_Matthias
26K Followers 6K Following CEO @ Pioneer Capital Advisory / I help business buyers using the SBA 7(a) loans get funded / $65 million closed in '23 / Aiming for $100 million in '24
Tom Lyons @SBALenderLyons
7K Followers 525 Following I provide SBA loans to folks buying new businesses or expanding existing ones. My specialty is the deathcare industry. My tweets are mine, not my employer's.
Lisa Forrest @LisaGForrest
8K Followers 2K Following SMB Acq Lender ~ SBA + Convt'l / Business Owner ~ actual operating experience / Supporter of #Veteran to CEO / Tweets my own have your OWN opinion /
Acquiring Minds @AcquiringMinds_
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Ben Tiggelaar 🟠 @bentigg
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Richard Ngo @RichardMCNgo
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Fundamental Investor @fundiescapital
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Cory Klippsten | Swan.. @coryklippsten
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Amarillo “Baba Yaga.. @Amarillo_Slim1
10K Followers 524 Following CIO of Long/Short Equity TMT Hedge Fund. Inventor of the Ladder Attack ™️. Girl dad. Not investment advice.
John J Filson @JJFilson
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Corry Wang @corry_wang
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Kevin Henderson @KHendersonCo
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Tobi @Einsteinstrasse
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The best reason to go to a top 10 American university: In a random class you'll have a governor's daughter, the son of a billionaire and two guys with 170+ IQ. It's a hell of a group of people to mingle with to succeed in life. I'm super anti-university but I'll admit that…
Today, our oldest son achieves the rank of Eagle Scout. It's the one thing you can do as a child that adults put on their resume. We are proud of you, @SethGirdley! -- This was my favorite moment of scouting: Seth and his brother competed in the Raingutter Regatta. They…
New York is the best city man a whole crowd showed up to watch a guy eat a full container of cheese balls at 3 PM 😭
Do the MTA workers get a little embarrassed when they stop at a station and nobody gets on
Anytime I see something meaningful and sustainable get built, it's almost exclusively by a team that doesn't care who gets the credit. Humility is outrageously profitable.
@JustinNicholasT @JustinEBurris @tsludwig If you think I’m relinquishing ‘best hair style in the firm’ that easy, you’re mistaken.
@MikeBotkin_ @JustinEBurris @tsludwig Really glad to have you as part of the team! You've been a great addition already.
@tsludwig @JustinEBurris You guys are amazing, honestly. Adding Mike too? Good lord. Send wire instructions, please!
@tsludwig @JustinEBurris Congrats you guys! Super excited to watch you continue to build!!
@BruceEskesen @EverestBrady @JustinEBurris lol Everest sniffed it out!
@BruceEskesen @MikeBotkin_ @JustinEBurris Woah what a throwback
@WillSeilerSMB @JustinEBurris @tsludwig Decades. Not years. 🙃
@MikeBotkin_ @JustinEBurris @tsludwig Happy to attest that you're already having a massive impact at Portrait since joining. Kudos to @tsludwig and @JustinEBurris for bringing you into the role.
Happy to finally share some news ❗️ I have joined Portrait Capital as a Partner and President of Portfolio Operations. What is Portrait Capital? Formerly Majority Search, @JustinEBurris & @tsludwig founded Portrait Capital with the goal of helping family businesses transition…
My guest on the latest episode of the Transitions podcast is Sam Hyde, the President of Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation. Sam and his partner raised a search fund and, in 2017, acquired the United States' largest surrogacy agency, which has since grown significantly. Sam has…
🚨 For the past two years I've been pretty quiet about things going on with Majority Search, the investment firm I co-founded with @JustinEBurris. It would be a mistake to think that the lack of updates indicates a lack of activity. Today I wanted to share some big news and…
“Fastball right down the middle for ball one”
since we're all sharing favorite conan vids, might I suggest the criminally underrated "Watch A Woman Tell Her Husband She's Pregnant While Conan O'Brien Pours Good Milk Down The Sink"
Kid shoots 93 in high school golf tournament then gives the funniest interview of all time
Lost my Thesaurus. Gutted. Really gutted. Like absolutely gutted.
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