The Atlantic Alchemy Company is a private equity firm with an operations soul and intense passion for building great companies. Atlantic Alchemy 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.
OPERATING PRINCIPALS
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).
Constant training and improvement have to be ongoing efforts and should permeate our routine.
Focus and clarity is the essence. It's impossible to be excellent in everything - concentrate on the few things that really matter.
Keep score – daily. It’s the only way to tell if we are winning or losing. Be maniacal about tracking KPI’s vs. goals.
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.
Name, reputation, and brands are precious assets that take decades to build and days to destroy.
Facts are friendly, sometimes painful. We must be transparent and data-driven (information) to effectively make decisions and minimize conflicts.
Be paranoid about costs and expenses- the only variables under our control - helps ensure long term survival.
Constant discontent, a sense of urgency, and zero complacency help ensure a sustainable competitive advantage.
Hiring people who are better than yourself, training them, challenging them, and retaining them is the main attribution of a manager.