Hello, I'm Ted Sides, and this is Capital Allocators.

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My guest on today's sponsored insight is Josh Kopoppowitz, managing partner of Thayer Street Partners,

a boutique private equity firm he founded in 2012 that provides flexible growth capital to lower

middle market companies in financial and business services.

Our conversation traces Josh's journey from his early fascination with business and real estate

to building Thayer Street into an institutional platform.

We discussed the lessons he learned at Goldman Sachs and his transition from scrappy dealmaker

to fund manager.

We cover Thayer Street's thematic sourcing, deal structuring, and portfolio

construction, the evolving landscape for non-bank growth capital, challenges of scaling a boutique

firm, and Josh's vision for Thayer Street's future. Before we get to the interview, a quick

announcement. We've set new dates for our Capital Allocators University for investor relations and business

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