La Fábrica de HIELO más grande del MUNDO | GERMÁN CANALE #221

3 Apr 2023 · 113 min
1:53:20

(Spanish) Cracks Podcast interview with Germán Canale (April 3, 2023). Germán — MIT MBA, ex‑Bain/Angel Ventures, co‑founder and CEO of Agua Fría — recounts founding a search fund (raised ~$630k), buying Heineken’s ice division (closed Dec 21, 2017 in month 17 of the search) and scaling via roll‑ups (17 acquisitions). He discusses operational realities: starting with assets but no customers/systems, peak seasonality in spring/summer, expansion to 14 states and interest from abroad (Colombia, Texas, Spain), and many strategic projects underway. He reflects on leadership and personal balance: limited vulnerability (mostly with his wife), upbringing as the fourth of seven children shaping his desire to cheer others, his note‑taking routine (Evernote and Word, opens Evernote ~10x/day; filenames use YYYYMMDD + topic), low public profile (few interviews; prefers controlling his narrative), and his preferred social channel (LinkedIn). He also shares views on persistence/volition as central to success.

Questions this video answers

$630,000 to fund a two‑year search.

December 21, 2017.

Month 17 of the search.

17 acquisitions.

About 10–15 pages (they expected some writeups can be longer).

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