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searcher University of Texas at Austin

Lets say you just finished fundraising and you are trying to build some infrastructure to make your search efficient. What infrastructure do you need to help yourself?

Technology - what vendors and what types of Saas products are helpful?
Interns - how many is a good number?
Website
Accounting Firm - What vendors are good?
Anything Else?



How long should you budget for this to take?

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admin Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management Taylor University Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - 11/30/2020

Anonymous - you can find accountants and lawyers that are Searcher friendly under the Directory. Here are the direct links:

Accountants: www.searchfunder.com/user/list/professional/accounting
Lawyers: www.searchfunder.com/user/list/professional/legal

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searcher Columbia University - Columbia Business School University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - 11/30/2020

CRM is a must as it will track everyone you meet throughout the search (owners, brokers, investors, others). After a website, I would prioritize this as you will need it before the search truly begins. I think there are a few threads on searchfunder related to this topic, but Pipedrive is a commonly used CRM in search.

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searcher Cornell University Yale University - School of Management - 11/30/2020

here is a super neat tool to help you with just what you're looking for:
https://eta-tools.bubbleapps.io/

built by a searcher with input collected by previous and current searchers

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searcher Audencia Business School Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Alès - 12/01/2020

Thanks for sharing Jack!

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professional North Central College - 11/30/2020

My firm can provide all of your financial and operation due diligence, when it is time please reach out at [redacted]

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