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Lessons from 100+ Acquisitions You Can Implement TODAY | Joe Liemandt

In this deep dive, we unpack the operating philosophy of Joe Liemandt - builder of Trilogy Software and ESW Capital, and now the force behind Alpha School - including lessons from 100+ acquisitions. Liemandt became a billionaire by buying sleepy software assets and turning them into cash machines, vanished from public view for years, then re-emerged with a mission to rebuild systems from first principles. This episode isn’t about education - it’s about how great operators think.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro: Who is Joe Liemandt & why this episode

01:16 The real job of a boss: raise the bar

03:25…

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