Let's List The Awesome Brokers We've Met Here!

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by a searcher from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
in 1032 N Boden Dr, Anaheim, CA 92805, USA

9yrs ago

Let's List The Awesome Brokers We've Met Here!

I've been talking to Mark about the features to come on this site, including a broker map along with a ratings system. However, until those features are in place, I figured it would be useful if people can post their positive broker experiences here and list who they feel are good brokers.

So many brokers are quite terrible honestly, so getting a list of ones who we've had positive experiences with would be incredibly valuable to the whole community. Would be great if we could get a nice, big, robust list here with various people participating.

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reply by an admin 9yrs ago
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in New York, NY, USA

This may be a good way to get started, but I'm not sure searchers will be willing to share these leads. Kind of by definition, the more searchers a broker knows, the higher priced the deals will become. It's one of the main reasons we tried to steer away from deal sourcing as part of searchfunder.com's overall strategy.

reply by a searcher 9yrs ago
from University of Pennsylvania in 1032 N Boden Dr, Anaheim, CA 92805, USA

Thanks Zach! As for the hesitation for sharing, I'm surprised by this because there should be an ample amount of opportunities out there in the market based on searcher background and time sensitivity surrounding acquisition targets. In the pure startup world where I come from, we all know our competitors and are even friendly with several of them (giving each other tips) unless it is a zero-sum game for market share. Hopefully we can foster that same sense of collaborative community here! :)