I'm just getting in the beginning stages of learning about search funds as an investment vehicle. I've come across a number of great resources online; however, I'd like to ask you pros what resources you've found most meaningful as you've sought your own education.
Thanks in advance!
Sean Cushing
Minneapolis, USA
Resources Prospective Search Funder
by a searcher from George Washington University
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Searchfunder is an online community and toolkit for searchfunds. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder.com account to help them network, problem solve challenges, and keep up with the industry.
We maintain partnerships with database providers that make searching more effective, efficient and affordable along with features that help searchers find deals and investors and vice versa.
We maintain partnerships with database providers that make searching more effective, efficient and affordable along with features that help searchers find deals and investors and vice versa.
That said, the following are must reads:
- This site
- Ruback's and Yudkoff's book The HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
- The Stanford primer (available for download from Stanford's site and there are links to it on this site)
- Jim Sharpe's website http://jimsteinsharpe.com/
- Buy Then Build by Walker Diebel
It's less about the CRM system you pick (probably the most frequent post on this site) or what you name your search fund, and more about how well you focus and how hard you work on your search every day.