Interns for Operating Companies

by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

11 months ago

I recently acquired an HVAC business and have been running it for about 2 months now. I am interested in bringing on an intern (MBA or other) for a summer and 6 months to help with strategic projects. I am curious if other people found intern helpful or a time drain once you are actually running the business?

I also have an additional target company that I might be interested in acquiring, but I am not ready to run it myself. Does anyone have experience bringing in a self funded searcher to run the business and incentivise him/her with traditional equity like terms?

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searcher from Pennsylvania State University

Yes, however, I’d be sure they are an industry expert with at least five years experience.

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