Feedback on recent interviews

December 14, 2017

by an admin from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business in Honolulu, HI, USA

Howdy everyone - We're really excited about how well the recent interviews have been received. We'll kick off another round in 2018. How can we improve them? Are there topics on which we should focus (e.g, more searcher-CEO experiences, international searching, etc)? Do you have specific questions you'd like answered? Other feedback? Feel free to comment here or send me a message. ~ Karen

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Reply by a professional
from Boston University in Las Vegas, NV, USA

Karen, thanks for doing these interviews. I've found that they provide a good deal of insight on many levels. My suggestions as you kick off 2018 are: (1) Create a section on Searchfunder where the interviews can be accessed easily by subject/interviewee/topic, etc. lest they get lost in the Timeline; (2) Jon Herzog's interview gave me the idea for this next suggestion: To the extent folks are willing to share, please see if you could interview folks about broken deals or discontinued searches who can discuss why either their deals under LOI failed, or their search was discontinued, and how they dealt with the aftermath.. There would be phenomenal teachings in those discussions; and (3) Include interviews discussing the due diligence process, along with the sharing of best practices or lessons learned. On this last point, we should consider adding best practices and/or subject matter expert sections to the Resources page of Searchfunder.

Reply by a searcher
from The University of Georgia in Atlanta, GA, USA

Hi Karen - Thanks for the post. I'd like to see more interviews on searchers that have been operating for two-three years to get their perspectives and insights in some of the blocking/tackling, day in the life, challenges, and growth strategy wins that they have encountered. Just a few thoughts.

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