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Ep 169: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Amir Haboosheh (@amirhaboosheh)\nMy guest on this episode is Amir Haboosheh, Co-Founder and CEO of Snowball Industries, a home services holding company with 4 portfolio companies today. Their vision is to build a permanent, publicly traded home for these companies, and Amir and I talk extensively about what an IPO looks like and the benefits and tradeoffs it brings.\xa0\nWe also talk a lot about empathy, a skill ambitious CEOs cannot get enough of, lessons from Amir\u2019s family on empathy, and how he coaches new managers on empathy and leadership. This conversation had a lot of depth and I think you\u2019ll be able to take away many of these lessons to your own company.\nListen weekly and follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, and TuneIn.\xa0\nLearn more about Alex and Think Like an Owner at https://tlaopodcast.com/\n\nLinks:\nSnowball Industries\nAmir on LinkedIn\nBuffet: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein\nBerkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters\n$FIX - Comfort Systems\nJohn Wilson on Think Like an Owner\nColor Code\n\nTimestamps:\n(00:00:00) Intro\n(00:03:45) Favorite Warren Buffet Lessons: Reputations\n(00:07:28) Being flexible in purchase agreements\n(00:09:31) Snowball\u2019s Origin and business strategy\n(00:14:52) Home Services companies going Public\n(00:16:48) Revenue required to go Public\n(00:19:27) How the role of the CEO changes through company growth and Going Public\n(00:25:45) The power and importance of Empathy\n(00:41:28) Screening for empathy in candidates\n(00:44:14) Color Code\n(00:49:06) Giving feedback\n(00:53:35) Leaning on a board for expertise\n(00:57:29) What strongly held belief have you changed your mind on?\n(01:00:01) What\u2019s the best business you\u2019ve ever seen?