Brian Bares

Functions as a College/University

BCM manages client accounts in long-only concentrated Small-Cap and Mid/Large-Cap equity strategies. In these strategies, they primarily invest in the equity of US publicly-traded companies. The firm identifies candidates for investment using fundamental research. Their research style is most often considered bottom-up, in that they focus on the individual company more than the general state of the economy or overall price to value ratio of the equity markets. BCM’s primary focus is on individual securities and their prospects over multiyear periods.

Operates and franchises restaurants

Nine Ten Capital is a long-term investor that seeks to identify value through bottom-up research, primary due diligence involving extensive use of consultants, industry contacts, customers, resellers and others who can provide insight into the working of the business. The firm typically invests in companies that are undiscovered, oversold, misunderstood, forgotten or deeply discounted.