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Capital Allocators · August 12, 2024 · 52m

Brent Beshore: Building a Permanent Equity Portfolio

Brent Beshore

Permanent Equity founder Brent Beshore explains his approach to acquiring and operating small businesses forever — no exit strategy, no leverage, no MBA playbook. He argues the best businesses are boring ones with loyal customers and stable cash flows.

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Meaning from responsibility — Beshore argues that the responsibility of owning a business and employing people permanently (with no exit plan) creates deeper meaning than the financial returns
Beshore explains that the 'permanent' in Permanent Equity is both a strategy and a source of meaning: knowing you'll own these businesses forever changes how you operate them, and the responsibility for employees' livelihoods creates meaning that transcends financial returns.
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Highlights

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The best businesses to buy are boring — HVAC companies, landscaping firms, specialty distributors — because they have loyal customers, recurring revenue, and no Silicon Valley competition
Beshore argues that the best acquisition targets are boring, small businesses that no one in tech or private equity wants to buy: they have durable demand, loyal customers, and moats based on relationships and local knowledge rather than technology or IP.
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