CRM For Searchers

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Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

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by a professional from West Chester University of Pennsylvania
in Cochranville, PA 19330, USA

2yrs ago

CRM For Searchers

Hi,

I'm curious as to what CRMS other searchers are using and recommend.

Do most other searchers even have a need for a CRM, or are spreadsheets good enough?

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reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from University of California, Berkeley in New York, NY, USA

Pipedrive is probably the best lightweight option for two big reasons - it's relatively straightforward to use and has the most important features which will be 1) integrating with your email inbox, 2) sales automation 3) email marketing.

Hubspot is definteily more extensible - organizations with more than 2 sales reps are far more likely to be on Hubspot than on Pipedrive.

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from Université Paris in Barcelone, Espagne

Hello, Spreadsheet is good enough for the filtering part of your company database and be able to work with numbers and ratios easily. Then you can connect it either natively with some CRMs (Hubspot, Pipedrive,,etc.) or manually to other tool (Notion, Lemlist etc.) and then manage your email campaigning and the pipeline advancement within this second tool (usually a CRM).