A searcher reminded me that a couple years ago we started a thread to share insights from the HBS conference,. Click here to see that thread. So, I am doing this post to start that discussion about the 2020 conference. Please share your takeaways, key insights, learnings, etc in the comments below. We were delighted to be a sponsor for this year's HBS conference and want to be sure it's of value to you. So, feel free to provide guidance to us on whether we should be a sponsor next year.
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I especially enjoyed industry thesis think tank session with couple of key notes:
- Once you identify nice - sprint over it, spend 4-6 weeks of full day calls around with industry participants to see if that bears any fruit and interesting connections, but if not - know when you should switch over
- One of biggest mistakes is falling in love with a niche that doesn't really work with search fund model or anchoring yourself to sector that has some flaw. As an engineer at the beginning of my career I completely understand what they talk about - sometimes one can have such a beautiful engineering solution that from business point of view has no sense
- Talking to industry specialists and participants can identify new interesting niches - moving across value chain should help to find very attractive opportunities in-between sectors