New on Searchfunder, looking for conversations on deal flow

March 07, 2022

by a professional from New York University in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Hi all, I’m pretty new to Searchfunder and looking to connect. It would be great to connect with any other searchers and investors: interested to hear about your search experience and learn about how industry veterans source deals.

Also if anyone is based in the LA area, would love to meet, not sure if there's a large community of search funders in the Southern California area.

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Reply by a searcher
from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Tampa, FL, USA

Hi Vincent, Just my 2 cents: There are 15,000 + VC, PE, Family Offices, Sponsors, Searchers, etc., active every day in the US alone. You need a plan! You need to be prepared! And you need to be Hungry!!!! Because if this stuff were easy… everyone would do it! Think Guerilla Marketing… Assuming that you’re starting out with a shoestring budget… 1) Define your goals (like an acquisition mandate), 2) Define your target (size, market, industry, geo, etc.), and get sniper like, I’d recommend staying away from the shotgun approach, personal preference…, 3) Know your Audience (C-Suite, Board members, founders, etc.), 4) Build a target list (LinkedIn, data miners, web crawl, industry, and Association data, etc.) 5) Build a marketing plan, 6) Build your elevator pitch and, 7) Then market, market, market - Social Media, Email, Phone call, network, influencers, etc. And don’t stop until you have a strong “qualified” pipeline. 8) Then market, market, and market some more… When you get really comfortable with your elevator pitch approaching a new prospect anywhere will be easy and second nature.

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from Georgia State University in Boston, MA, USA

I’d love to connect, I’m also a relatively new searcher! My email is redacted and would love to set up a time to chat!

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