Question: what would most people say is the hardest part???

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December 05, 2022

by a lender from Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business in Houston, TX, USA

If you asked 100 searchers, what would they say is the hardest part....

- Raising equity from investors
- Dealing with banks/lenders
- Finding high-quality companies to pursue
- Negotiating and closing deals

Am I missing any?

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Reply by a professional
from University of Akron in Charlotte, NC, USA
As Keith said, absolutely without question.... Successfully leading, improving and growing the business by maximizing value to customers and employees while reducing waste/costs and building a culture/system to maximize and sustain the performance and prosperity of a diverse group of individuals that make up the organization's ecosystem.

There is nothing harder... The list above is missing the forest for the trees....
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Reply by a searcher
from University of Virginia in Richmond, VA, USA
There is an intense emotional discomfort of leaving the familiar and not having feedback loops that makes this process very difficult for most people. It takes a lot of confidence in yourself to go up to a bunch of folks and say “I wanna buy your business for these terms” and get rejected over and over and over again. That’s the hardest part. That’s harder than finding good deals or raising capital.
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