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Granite Partners founder and CEO Rick Bauerly joins Ian McCue, senior content marketing manager at NetSuite, to share his story of building an investment portfolio of 10 businesses worth nearly $1 billion. Bauerly breaks down how Granite evaluates potential investments (3:45) and reveals how personal experience sparked the idea for a different kind of investment firm (6:32). He digs into what creating value for all Granite shareholders looks like and how 100-year sustainability impacts every decision the holding group makes (9:47). The founder details the overarching strategy for managing a diverse group of Minnesota businesses (13:23) and where outdated, disconnected systems were holding the business back (17:21). That led Granite to search for a new solution in 2020, and Bauerly outlines what made NetSuite the right fit (20:42), telling the story of one business that eliminated barriers to growth by replacing Microsoft with NetSuite (24:31). He dives into what was previously a painstaking configure, price, and quote process for several companies (28:22) and how NetSuite CPQ has saved them time and money (29:35). He also shares how the system has greatly expanded Granite’s reporting capabilities (33:51) and boosted efficiency across manufacturing floors and warehouses (36:11). Bauerly closes by sharing his thoughts on how the current economic landscape affects Granite (37:55) and its vision for the future (39:48). Tune in to hear all that and more!

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