Origin · Est. 2012
Building the standard
for modern ownership.
Ownable is the work of Chris Sacchinelli — operator, author, and founder of Simple Holdings, a privately-held company built to buy, build, and back Ownable businesses.
Connecticut, USA · 14 years operating
The author
Chris Sacchinelli
In the early 2010s, Chris bootstrapped and exited a handful of seven- and eight-figure businesses. Those exits taught him what most founders only learn the hard way — success doesn't always feel successful. He had wealth on paper, but not ownership in practice.
So he stepped back. Slowed down. And started rebuilding — not for speed this time, but for simplicity, profitability, and endurance.
Over the past decade he has quietly constructed Simple Holdings, a long-term holding company designed to build, buy, and back Ownable businesses across the Main Street economy.
§ The obsession
Building systems that make small businesses ownable, process-driven, and profit-led — a business so valuable anyone would want to buy it, so profitable you'll never sell.
The biggest opportunity in business today isn't the next startup trend — it's stabilizing the backbone of the economy: the 36 million small and midsize businesses that create the jobs, support the communities, and quietly hold Main Street together.
The mission now: bring the sophistication of private equity to the soul of small business.
The platforms
Simple Holdings
The family holding company — buying, building, and backing Ownable businesses for the long term.
Bootstrapper.ai
The operating platform for profit-led, equity-first founders.
LTEM
The advisory firm helping owners install the Ownable Operating System.
Bootstrapper Capital
The capital arm — patient money for operator-led businesses.
The Exit Studio
Structured cohorts that walk owners through the 5 Exits of Ownership.
§ The standard
"An Ownable business is one so valuable anyone would buy it, yet so profitable you'll never want to sell."
— The Ownable Methodology