Anthony Fiedler

@fiedlerfyi

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My Rule for Avoiding Lifestyle Creep: Don’t Live Beyond Your Assets

Living within means / net worth / annual income. Targeting avg of 4% of net worth and annual income for annual spend. I like this rule of thumb.

Writing Books Is Not Really a Good Idea

Elle Griffin elysian.press

Writing Books not a good idea, unless weekly or some demand necessary

Building Garden City: Michael Arrieta on People-First Business

Michael Arrieta axial.net

M&A and

Podcast episode -

Building a Permanent HoldCo, microPE at macro

Long term hold in the Berkshire model

Using all equity, primarily
People at the forefront (3 F’s - Faith included)

How to Pass Any First-Round Interview

Coach Erika lennysnewsletter.com

Careers and Interviewing

Coach Erika on Lenny’s Newsletter (free article) to Discuss How to Pass Any First-Round Interview
Sections of example frameworks and interviews for phone and first interviews

Laid out STAR examples and difficult times

Keeping things brief, within 2-4 past years of projects

Staying clear, concise and detailed

I spend my time focusing on financial analysis and deal execution because I believe that thorough due diligence and strategic planning are crucial for successful mergers and acquisitions (and I want to create impactful growth opportunities for businesses).
I spend my time focusing on data-driven decision making because I believe that leveraging

Personal and

The Ultimate US Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Investor and Accelerator Directory

Dairis Zarins skarp.ai

M&A and ETA - Entrepreneurship through Acquisition

Ultimate ETA Directory of Investors, Support, Equity and Debt providers
Search fund investors, family offices and more

Failing My Way to Better Fatherhood

Gareth Wall beasuperdad.substack.com

Fatherhood and Building Family

Being a better dad

Indemnification: What Exactly Is a Seller Responsible for When Selling Its Business? | Middle Market Growth

Paul Pincus, Esq.middlemarketgrowth.org

M&A and Insurance and Risk Related

LMM M&A - Selling business, liability around reps & warranties, indemnification.
$20mm and under - not common.

For anybody starting a business, here's all of the tools that we use at aragon.ai. (We hit $1M ARR in 4 months, $4M+ ARR in 1+ years):

Admin:
• Clerky - incorporation
• Brex - credit card and banking
• Notion - personal task management, team kanban board, and company documentation
• Google Workspace
• Stripe - payments
• Slack
• Rippling - payroll
• Deel -

Startup Building and Writing and AI Creation

Tech stack for software as a service AI generator