Anyone with experience with widespread river guide strategies?

by a searcher from Roosevelt University

11 months ago

While I've heard a good deal from searchers about proprietary/broker channels, I've not talked to many searchers with any kind of repeatable method of finding & working with river guides. Is anyone able to share successful experiences working with river guides? In particular, I am interested in the who (who is a good river guide), the how (how did you find the guides), the when (when is it a good use of searcher time to work with guides), and how (how do you know the guide can be helpful in your search)?

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searcher from Technische Universität München

Hey Anthony, we have some good and some less helpful experience using riverguides. The who is easy: its deeply rooted in your target niche industries entrepreneurial thinkers. How to find them? Either you have some contact into the industry or you need to warm up cold leads of individuals you identify as potentially interesting. In general our experience is that people are very willing to share if they know something ;)

10 months ago | like reply | 1 like

searcher from Roosevelt University

Great question ^Searchfunder member‌. The definition I'm using is any senior level executive who has worked in/around your target industry within specialized knowledge of the competitive landscape, unique industry dynamics and/or owners open to selling their business.

11 months ago | like reply | 1 like

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