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The Wealth Potential of Self-Funded Search
About this Episode
Key findings from SIG's new study on self-funded search: financial outcomes, deal costs & terms, search lengths & more.
Topics from the interview with SIG:
- What is the self-funded search study & why it matters
- Effect of self-funded search on entrepreneurs' net worths
- Search performance: how many acquisitions saw EBITDA shrink, maintain, or grow
- How much is too much to pay for legal fees & due diligence
- The pros and cons of a seller note
- Why you don’t need an MBA to acquire a business
- Value of a good relationship with a seller
- How long search takes, on average
- Why acquisition will only get more competitive in the future
- Drawback of a private equity background
- What critics get wrong about self-funded search
- Methodology & shortcomings of the study
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Links, References, and Contacts:
- Self-Funded vs. Traditional Search Fund debate between Robert Graham & Greg Geronemus
- Robert Graham - LinkedIn and Twitter
- Jordan Carter - LinkedIn and Twitter
- Search Investment Group (SIG)
- Stanford Search Fund Study 2022
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