Getting your search dialed in. Biggest takeaways?

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September 06, 2023

by an investor from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business in Miami, FL, USA

What are the biggest takeaways from being a searcher in your second year in search that you weren’t aware of the first 90 days of search? What are 2-3 tips so valuable you'd pay money for early on in your search just to learn it?

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Reply by an investor
from Duke University in Miami, FL, USA
(1) initial ramp up is too slow so figure out a way to speed up the ramp up; (2) avoid spending too much time on a deal that eventually dies; (3) avoid focusing just on the live deal that’s in front of them and stop doing active search on other deals.
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Reply by a searcher
from Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo in São Paulo, SP, Brasil
be fast to drop deals that might not fly with investors!
Have a clear size and region and industry for targets.
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