EBITDA
5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 6, 2023 by Joey Zwillinger · across every show →
Everything said about EBITDA, oldest first
Nov 6, 2023 bullish
Dec 18, 2023 bullish
Lacaillade: Lower middle market buyouts offer a repeatable 3x-5x return model
“So you buy a founder led business, you professionalize it, you buy it at like six to eight times EBITDA. You put on like maybe three turns of debt, maybe three to four, depends on the business, but you professionalize it, you grow it, say it had five million E…”
Jul 21, 2025
Edwin Chen admits he does not understand standard financial terms like EBITDA
“One area where I'm not great is I'm really bad at understanding financials. So sometimes people around the company, they'll try to tell me, Like, hey, do you, have you been paying attention to our revenue numbers? Have you been paying attention to our costs? H…”
Mar 7, 2026 bearish