Searching in Utah?

May 21, 2026

by Luke Tatone from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management in Portland, OR, USA

We're working hard to grow the Searchfunder community in Utah. Please take a moment to introduce yourself below. Some questions to consider answering: Where are you based? What is your background? What's your buy box? Have you acquired yet? Where do you need the most help right now? Where can you provide help to others? Anything else on your mind? We'll be able to have much deeper discussions if you can provide as much detail as possible. A paragraph or two is perfect. Be sure to tag (@) when replying to comments to make sure your sub-comments are read.

Reply by a professional
from Utah Valley University in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

I love being in the Utah community! We’re buying an ETA chapter, which is quickly gaining ground. @redacted‌ and @redacted‌ I’m in Midvale (15 mins from downtown Salt Lake City, 30 minutes from Provo). Many years ago, I bought a company, and sold one of my companies to a client. After spending several years as a controller and then CFO for a conglomerate of companies who did quite a bit of M&A, I’m not leading Transaction Advisory at Amplēo. We’ve made acquisitions ourselves (as a firm). I love doing FDD/QofE for people in this community! @redacted‌ - how can I/we help?

Reply by a searcher
from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, USA

The search community is really heating up here in Utah! I'm based in Provo (have 1 year left in BYU's MBA program). Before going back to school, I worked in GTM / Strategy in SaaS. I'm looking to acquire a business in commercial services (janitorial, specialized cleaning or maintenance, etc.) Any intros to small business owners in Utah are always appreciated :) I'm pretty plugged into the ETA ecosystem here, especially anything through BYU. Happy to help people get connected.

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