Twin Palm Holdings LLC

Build Something That Outlasts You.

At Twin Palm Holdings, we invest in Florida-based service businesses with real cash flow, real teams, and real potential. We’re not a fund. We’re not flippers. We’re operators who’ve been in the trenches and know what it takes to scale something that lasts.

We partner with owners who are ready to grow, step back, or exit entirely—without selling out their people or their values. Our approach is hands-on where it counts, silent where it doesn’t. We protect what works, fix what doesn’t, and build from there.

Who We Are

S. Stone Linton, Founder

I lead Twin Palm, and I’ve already done the thing I’m asking you to trust me with. I bought a service business, grew it, and exited it clean.

In 2018 I founded Outsource Option, a platform built to acquire and scale. I bought Dave’s Pool & Spa, a commercial pool company in Clermont doing about $600K a year on four employees and three trucks, and ran it from the truck up. In 2019 I acquired All Pool Service & Supply, a residential operation that had served the same community since 1971, with 500-plus accounts and a name people already trusted. I rolled both into the platform, absorbed smaller operators and their accounts along the way, built out repair and renovation divisions, and by 2021 it was running roughly $6 million a year at a 50/50 commercial-residential mix. Then I sold the company, a clean stock sale to a national consolidator.

Bought, rolled up, scaled, exited. The full loop, in the exact kind of regulated, labor-driven service business Twin Palm backs today.

I’ve been the guy in the field at 5 a.m., the one cutting checks on Friday, and the one who picks up the phone when things go sideways. Before pools came the Army, where I served as a logistics officer in Iraq, then stretches at Hensel Phelps in large-scale construction and Mectra Labs in medical-device R&D. The MBA’s real. The lessons that stuck weren’t on the syllabus.

If you want the full version, every mess and lesson behind those numbers, I wrote it down: A Platform for People, Pools & Profit. It’s where the scars live.

Our Investment Approach

Every deal is different. But here’s what never changes:

  • We back cash-flowing businesses.
  • We structure deals for alignment and sustainability.
  • We prioritize people over polish.
  • We stay focused on long-term value.

How We Partner

We offer flexible investment structures based on where you are and where you want to go:

  • Growth Capital: You stay in control. We fund your next stage.
  • Minority Partnerships: We bring capital and strategic support—you keep majority ownership.
  • Majority Buy-Ins: Shared control with clear lanes, aligned incentives, and operational firepower.
  • Full Buy-Outs: Clean exits for founders who want to protect their people, their name, and their legacy.

If you’re selling to the highest bidder, we’re not your buyer. If you care who takes over, we should talk.

What We Look For

  • Service Businesses: HVAC, pools, plumbing, landscaping, janitorial, specialty trades.
  • Construction & Maintenance: Niche contractors, recurring routes, B2B or B2C.
  • Manufacturing & Fabrication: Local or regional players with sticky customers.

Typical deal size: $500K to $5M in annual revenue. Strong fundamentals. Real people. Real work.

What Matters to Us

  • Cash Flow Discipline: Predictable earnings. Clean books. No games.
  • Strong Teams: Operators who care. Employees worth keeping.
  • Repeatable Systems: SOPs over heroics.
  • Visible Growth Paths: We want to scale—with or without you.

We Believe

  • Legacy matters more than logos.
  • Alignment is earned, not assumed.
  • Your team is part of the deal.
  • Structure beats sentiment.
  • If it only works when you’re there, it doesn’t work.

Let’s Be Clear

We don’t invest in pre-revenue ideas, someday stories, or shiny decks with no execution. We’re not handing out grants. We’re not your daddy. We’re a partner—if the deal works.

How We Think

We don’t chase unicorns. We buy cash flow.

At Twin Palm Holdings, we play to win—not to perform.
If you want to understand how we see the game, read Play to Win. Don’t KISS Unicorns. — it’s a short piece about why execution beats originality, and why boring, profitable businesses build real freedom.

You’ll see exactly why we back operators, not dreamers—and why innovation only matters after cash flow.

Advisory & Consulting

Not every conversation leads to a deal—and that’s fine.
Sometimes what a founder really needs isn’t capital. It’s clarity.

If you’re wrestling with structure, pricing, systems, or succession—and want a seasoned operator’s perspective without giving up equity—here’s how I work:

  • $500/hour – one-off calls and gut-checks
  • Multi-day / on-site – quoted by scope

All prepaid. Straight talk—no decks, no fluff. I don’t ask for NDAs; if you want one, I’ll sign it.

These sessions are for operators who need to cut through noise and get to the truth fast. Paid advice gets implemented. Free advice gets nodded at and shelved. The fee isn’t a gate; it’s a filter for people who’ll actually move.

If you’re looking for free advice, I’ve already written most of it at Because It’s Me. Stuck? Start here.

Off the Record: Occasionally I’ll work for beer or coffee if I think you’re fun and going places. It’s completely arbitrary—if you ask for free advice, it’ll definitely cost you at least a coffee and your backstory. And if you lean in and whisper “I’ve got the next Facebook,” it’ll cost you extra. We’ll go from there. This is my passion, and if you’re interesting, I’ll probably do it for free to get you started, but understand this — I’m always watching for operators worth backing. If you’ve got the grit and the chops, I’ll be looking for a stake.

If you’re serious, skip the small talk.
Send a short memo or deck, financials (current + projected), deal terms, and your equity plan.
If that sounds like a lot, good. Alignment starts here.