Ralph Marcuccilli

Prime Dealer Podcast

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Prime Dealer Podcast The inside story of building the largest privately held automotive group in America, one dealership at a time. Prime Dealer Podcast pulls back the curtain on the Coleman Automotive Group and Prime Dealer Equity Fund as they execute an aggressive acquisition strategy to reach 40 dealership rooftops and beyond. Each episode features the operators, investors, dealership leaders, and industry partners who are making it happen in real time. This isn't a polished corporate show. It's real conversations with the people on the ground. CEOs closing deals, GMs turning around stores...

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Ralph Marcuccilli

Episodes

Social Media Doesn't Sell Cars 27.04.2026 1:04:09

Jami Langham, COO of Coleman Automotive Group, sits down with Kyra Kennedy, the company's social media and branding lead, for a conversation about why branding in the automotive industry is so much more than logos and colors. Kyra came up through retail and the trailer industry before Jami brought her into automotive. In this episode she breaks down what she's learned managing branding across a ra...

Why I Bet on This Fund 08.04.2026 16:31

Ralph Marcuccilli, Fund Manager of Prime Dealer Equity Fund, sits down with Jason, a Fort Wayne entrepreneur who retired in his 40s and became one of the fund's investors, for a candid conversation about why he wrote the check. Jason grew up in Bluffton, where his family ran a farm and a stone quarry. After a buyout offer let him step back, he started looking for his next move. When Ralph brought...

We're Building AI That Sells Cars for Us 23.03.2026 1:05:37

Ryan Coleman, Director of Operations at Coleman Automotive Group, sits down with Ralph Marcuccilli to talk about the technology and AI infrastructure powering one of the fastest-growing privately held automotive groups in the country. Ryan breaks down what actually happens behind the scenes when Coleman acquires a new dealership every 90 days, the software migrations, the day-one execution, and ho...

Zero Chance I'm Failing 23.03.2026 37:31

Kyle Coleman, CEO of Coleman Automotive Group, is joined by Jamie Langham, COO, for the second episode of the Prime Dealer Podcast, a raw conversation about people, process, and what it actually takes to turn struggling dealerships into profitable machines. Jamie left a highly stable position at a major Toyota Lexus dealership to push her chips in as an early investor and operator with Coleman Aut...

I Don't Get My Yacht Until You Get Paid 23.03.2026 1:24:52

Kyle Coleman, CEO of Coleman Automotive Group, and Ralph Marcuccilli, Fund Manager of Prime Dealer Equity Fund, sit down for the first-ever Prime Dealer Podcast to talk about what they're building and why now is the time to pay attention. Kyle shares his journey from growing up without air conditioning as a roofer's son to becoming the first millionaire in his family and founding one of the fastes...