DeMuro: Investing heavily in single-creator businesses is a crazy model
Doug DeMuro · How A YouTube Car Reviewer Sold His Company For $80M | Doug DeMuro (#456) · May 16, 2023 · at 28:28
Doug DeMuro reflects on the inherent key-man risk for private equity firms investing in creator-centric enterprises like Cars & Bids.
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“They're making massive investments into businesses that have dudes like me who could just go off the rails one day. And I think that is a crazy business model”
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