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From PE Partner to Founder | Sean Mooney, BluWave

Topics: 00:00 What BlueWave Does 7:07 The Origin Story 11:33 Market Validation 13:28 Taking the Leap 21:55 Startup Math vs. Reality 23:52 The Lean Startup Shift 32:23 Bullets Before Cannonballs Approach 34:36 Advice to Founders 38:30 Levelling Up as a CEO 48:33 Seeing Opportunity Top Takeaways Founders: Build a culture of cheap experiments and fast iteration. The first version of BluWave was a platform people liked in theory but hated in execution. That’s when the team leaned on Jim Collins’ “bullets before cannonballs” approach: test small, validate, then scale. Sean ran a series of low-risk experiments to see what actually worked before committing resources. By iterating quickly and scaling only what the market proved out, BluWave went from zero traction to the 2021 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing PE firms. Ask for help before you hit a wall. Sean nearly shut the business down because he tried to solve everything alone. Jordan saw the same thing: real breakthroughs only happened after admitting he was stuck. For founders, isolation is dangerous. Build a habit of pulling in outside perspectives early to shorten cycles, avoid blind spots, and make better decisions. Train your brain to see opportunity, not risk. Sean’s team uses the “red car theory”: whatever you train your brain to look for (red cars, opportunities, inefficiencies), you’ll start noticing them everywhere. Most people default to scanning for risks. Great operators do the opposite and train their attention toward leverage points. Practice that habit long enough, and it becomes a real advantage. About Sean Mooney Sean Mooney is the Founder and CEO of BluWave, a market network built for private equity. After two decades as a PE partner, he left a stable career to solve a recurring bottleneck he saw firsthand: the difficulty of finding reliable, high-quality third-party resources quickly. Today, BluWave serves hundreds of firms and their portfolio companies. About BluWave BluWave is a Nashville-based platform that connects private equity firms and their portfolio companies with vetted third-party resources for diligence, value creation, and preparation for sale. It combines a curated network with a high-touch matching process to help teams find the specialists they need quickly and reliably. === With over 1M organic views and counting on LinkedIn, 51 Labs is disrupting the M&A market through the use of videography and content creation. In a market that longs for authenticity, 51 Labs helps strengthen your brand and tell your story. From concept to distribution, we strategize and produce thoughtful content to be used across a multitude of channels, to help you stand out in an otherwise traditionally boring market. ===== 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL FOR MORE CONTENT LIKE THIS 👇    / @51labs60   → → → CONNECT WITH 51 LABS ← ← ← ▶︎ LINKEDIN |   / 51labs   ▶︎ INSTAGRAM |   / 51labs   ▶︎ FACEBOOK |   / 5149labs   ▶︎ TWITTER |   / 51labs   → → → CONTACT US ← ← ← ▶︎ WEBSITE | https://5149labs.com Jordan Selleck ▶︎ LINKEDIN |   / selleck