Business, Leadership, and Wisdom
Thoughtful conversations and insights designed to help you build a more meaningful life and career — with Austin Hartley of Parkland Capital Partners.
About the Podcast
Acquiring Meaning explores business, leadership, and wisdom through thoughtful conversations designed to help founders, executives, and operators build more intentional careers and companies.
Hosted by Austin Hartley, Managing Director of Parkland Capital Partners, each episode draws from real-world M&A experience and the lessons that come from advising founders through the most consequential decisions of their careers.
Business strategy, leadership development, M&A advisory, exit planning, and the pursuit of a meaningful life and career.
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube — new episodes released weekly.
Austin Hartley — founder of Parkland Capital Partners, M&A advisor to founder-owned businesses in the lower middle market.
Episodes
The Vision
Behind every acquisition, exit or empire is a person who made a bet on themselves, and usually paid for it in ways no one else saw. Acquiring Meaning exists to tell those stories: the late nights, the near-misses, the decisions that changed everything, and what’s left once the deal closes.
We sit down with founders, operators, dealmakers and builders to get past the headline numbers to what they learned and what it cost. We want every listener who is building something, or thinking about letting it go, to walk away with a clearer answer to one question: what is all of this for?
Start the Conversation
Whether you’re considering a full sale, a recapitalization, a growth partnership, or simply want to understand what your business is worth – start with a confidential conversation.