My conversation today is with my close friend Brent Beshore. Brent is a private equity investor who owns and interacts with many small businesses, which have been hit especially hard by COVID. We discuss the various impacts that COVID has had and may have on both small business and the private equity investing community. Brent also proposes some policy actions which he thinks may help those most in need. Please enjoy.
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Show Notes
1:13 – (First question) – What Brent sees as the current landscape for small businesses
3:25 – The real problem for small businesses right now
6:02 – How long can small businesses survive these freezes
9:14 – Ideas to help businesses stay afloat during a global shutdown
11:01 – The cost of restarting businesses on the other side of this
13:41 – Policies that could help
14:30 – government co-paying some business expenses
16:05 – Suspending payroll taxes
16:17 – The small business bond
18:00 – Wider latitude for banks
20:03 – How effective would Brent’s ideas actually be at lessening the pain
22:41 – A look at how things look in the private equity complex
25:39 – What are the potential opportunities out there
29:24 – What is a balance sheet product
32:00 – How this is personally impacting Brent
34:20 – How this is personally impacting Patrick
35:45 – Importance of relationships for personal health
Learn More
For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.
Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub
Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag