Good cash-flowing businesses rarely fail, but great companies often do
David Horne · Startup Acquisition Stories with David Horne & Marty Balkema - Co-founders at Calm Capital · May 31, 2022 · at 3:18
David Horne, co-founder of Calm Capital, discusses foundational investment principles for software acquisitions with Andrew Gazdecki.
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“Good businesses rarely go out of business. Great companies sometimes go out of business, but good businesses rarely go out of business, so, you know, profitable, cash flowing, pretty easy to manage, has, you know, some kind of growth trajectory versus going backwards”
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