Making the Leap from Consultant to Search Fund Entrepreneur

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Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

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by an investor
in Palm Beach, FL, USA

6yrs ago

Making the Leap from Consultant to Search Fund Entrepreneur

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reply by a searcher 6yrs ago
from State University of New York at Oswego in Albany, NY, USA

This was a very interesting read. I have spent a lot of years working for others and what really struck home was how the pressure of being the CEO forced people to leave non-essential or non-value-added work out of their daily lives. I wish others in positions of great responsibility could come to this realization without needing to be a CEO.

reply by an investor 6yrs ago
from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

I made the transition from management consultant to entrepreneur long ago (I was 35) and the hardest thing I encountered was shifting from managing a team of peers (like-minded consultants) to a much more varied HR landscape.