Leveraging On-Campus Access To Your Mba Program

LEVERAGING ON-CAMPUS ACCESS TO YOUR MBA PROGRAM

I have the good fortune of living in the same town as my MBA school campus. I'm in the very early stages of learning about search funds and exploring the best way to go about getting started. I've scheduled a Q&A session with a faculty from the school's entrepreneurial center, but beyond this I'm looking for any advice on leveraging in-person access to an MBA program as an alum that I may not be considering.

In my mind, this should be a great asset, especially in the early stages of getting a fund started, and unfortunately I had no awareness of search funds while I was a student, so I've never tapped this source's potential for aid. 

Thank you for any suggestions!

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INSEAD Universidade de Brasília - 02/28/2019

Hi Peter. There are many specialists in the industry that are willing to share knowledge by delivering talks and MBA schools are a great environment to promote those discussions. I believe you can approach faculty and/or existing student clubs in your MBA and help them set up those events locally

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searcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management Dartmouth College - 03/01/2019

- investors / accelerators tend to flock to b-school campuses
- easier access to a search partner and/or interns, if desired
- attending on-campus lectures / conferences
- using library and other spaces to work, especially if they offer database / resource access to alums

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searcher The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - 03/01/2019

Hi Peter. I am a Ross alum based in Ann Arbor and would be happy to chat about search funds. You can reach me at [redacted]

searcher University of Texas at Austin - 03/02/2019

I live next to my University as well, and the best tools are the databases.
I use the databases primarily for:
- Company lists (searching all private companies by size, industry, etc..)
- Industry reports and trends
- Market Research on customers, segments, and sizes

LEVERAGING ON-CAMPUS ACCESS TO YOUR MBA PROGRAM

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