Building a Portfolio of Profitable Service Businesses

In this insightful episode of Founders Future, host Ammar Elm sits down with Karl Hughes — founder of Draft.dev and the acquirer behind The Podcast Consultant — to unpack how he’s building a modern holding company by acquiring and scaling highly specialized service businesses. Karl shares his journey from bootstrapping a developer-focused content agency to creating a portfolio of niche companies, each dominating their own vertical. He dives into the operational mindset behind growing a busine...