Recommendations from Experienced Entrepreneurs

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September 25, 2024

by a searcher from University of Connecticut in Connecticut, USA

Being very early on in my search and still lacking experience in a multitude of ways, what would some of the more experienced searchers on here say would be some valuable advice to become more integrated and knowledgable on landing a deal? Would appreciate any advice, there is plenty that I don’t know and would appreciate anyone who can pass down some wisdom.

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from Harvard University in Dallas, TX, USA
I'd have a couple of days looking at this. https://www.searchfunder.com/bvr. That has loads if deals on. Think about why some are priced differently than others. Imagine which ones you could imagine running as ceo. Visualize it, are you an operations type person? Sales? Finance? Think how you'd create value? Recruit people? Efficiencies etc.

Thinking through all the things you really cannot see yourself running is helpful (for me it was mri scanner businesses, oil and gas stuff and anything tricky engineering wise.

You can always call some brokers and chat to them. Their time is free to you....so it's a cheap way of talking about deals. Just don't take their views as concrete.
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from IESE Business School in México
Forget Balance, go All-in. Be unreasonably obsessed with learning at all times: No more music while driving, at the gym or while cooking, it's only podcasts and audiobooks now. Besides from audiobooks i aim for AT LEAST 10 pages of a non-fiction book every single day. Pattern recognition will kick after several books... i It's not about doing it for a couple of months, its a lifelong journey of constant improvement, result compound after 3-4 years
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