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Xavier Helgeson

8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2022 by Sieva Kozinsky · across every show →

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Sep 1, 2022
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Kozinsky: Enduring Ventures is designed around a 20-to-40-year horizon
“The next thing we do, let's reverse engineer. What is the last business we would ever want to work on? Right? Like, What is something that we would want to work on for the next 2030 or 40 years, which is really different from our startup experience”
Sieva Kozinsky Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 21:11 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022 positive
Insight
Helgeson: Holding companies with internal capital markets are ideal for compounding
“And so having an internal capital market means I don't need all the friction of going to a pool of investors and pitching them an idea and saying, here's how much you get and here's how much I get. And, or if I need debt, going to a bank and saying, okay, well…”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 27:50 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022
Insight
Helgeson: Local plumbing and HVAC depend equally on internet marketing and skills
“In a weird way, local plumbing and HVAC is as much about internet marketing as it is about the toilet.”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 58:40 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Kozinsky: Enduring Ventures will wait 3-6 months before aggressively deploying capital
“Xavier and I, you know, relative to maybe a year ago, we're still investing. We're still looking at opportunities, but we're happy to be patient for another three to six months to see where kind of the world lands, where everything resets and then pick up the …”
Sieva Kozinsky Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 43:02 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022
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Helgeson: Enduring Ventures avoids parent-guaranteed debt across subsidiaries
“So for example, we don't have any debt that is guaranteed by the parent company. That's very important because then If business A, for some reason has a catastrophic failure, it doesn't take down the rest of the ship.”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 30:58 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022 bullish
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Helgeson: Better World Books sold over $1B in books online
“I think the company has sold in aggregate well over a billion dollars worth of books on the internet since I founded it.”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 8:52 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022 bullish
Disclosure
Helgeson: First ~$8M raised by Enduring Ventures qualifies as QSBS
“So all of our original investors along with me and Cieva have that treatment in the company. And you do as well as an investor. I think about the first eight million that we raised qualified as QSPS.”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 52:53 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
Sep 1, 2022 positive
Insight
Helgeson: Build a lead-gen engine before acquiring local service businesses
“You can start out internet marketing and just sell leads to local plumbing companies. And once you have the engine cranking, then you can eventually go buy one.”
Xavier Helgeson Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 1:08:06 Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
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