Snap-on: Tools of the Trades - [Business Breakdowns, EP.213]

This is Business Breakdowns. Business Breakdowns is a series of conversations with investors and operators diving deep into a single business. For each business, we explore its history, its business model, its competitive advantages, and what makes it tick. We believe every business has lessons and secrets that investors and operators can learn from, and we are here. to bring them to you.

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My guest is Matt Fleming, portfolio manager at William Blair. For all of the publicity that the other Snap gets, Snap on has been around for over 100 years. Today it operates with over a $17 billion market cap. And it has continuously evolved the straightforward model of selling tools to specialists like mechanics into this durable business model where it has carved out a leadership position in the professional tools market. Matt gets into what makes Snap-on different, the early days of tool innovation, the relationship-focused sales team built around a franchise model, and a financing program that dates back to the very early days of Snap-on.

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