OVERVIEW
Hidden Harbor Capital Partners is a private equity firm with an operations soul and intense passion for building great companies. Hidden Harbor brings large-scale, private equity experience and resources to the lower middle market with a focus on value-oriented, operationally intense situations. Our principals are investor operators who have both extensive transaction and operating experience to truly understand your business. As one team, we partner and work hand-in-hand with our portfolio companies to drive business successes.
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OPERATING PRINCIPLES
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A company's biggest asset is good people working as a team, growing in proportion to their talent, and being recognized for that through disproportionately higher compensation and advancement (meritocracy).
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Constant training and improvement have to be ongoing efforts and should permeate our routine.
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Focus and clarity is the essence. It's impossible to be excellent in everything - concentrate on the few things that really matter.
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Keep score – daily. It’s the only way to tell if we are winning or losing. Be maniacal about tracking KPI’s vs. goals.
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Everything has to have an owner with authority and accountability. Debate is good, but in the end, someone has to decide and be held accountable.
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Name, reputation, and brands are precious assets that take decades to build and days to destroy.
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Facts are friendly, sometimes painful. We must be transparent and data-driven (information) to effectively make decisions and minimize conflicts.
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Be paranoid about costs and expenses- the only variables under our control - helps ensure long term survival.
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Constant discontent, a sense of urgency, and zero complacency help ensure a sustainable competitive advantage.
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Hiring people who are better than yourself, training them, challenging them, and retaining them is the main attribution of a manager.
HIDDEN HARBOR VALUE-ADDED COMPETENCIES
