Self-Funded Search Budget Guidance

by a searcher from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

4 years ago

I'm about to begin a self-funded search and am hoping the community can provide insights on budget building for the next few years' search process: is anyone willing to share examples of self-funded search budgets?. I've seen several in my research for funded searches, but am curious if experience has indicated a material difference in the self-funded route.

Additionally, I'm curious for areas where searchers have found budget categories to end up higher or lower than original expectation (whether that be marketing, administration, benefits, even personal expenses). 

Any guidance or examples here would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management

Dear Martin, thank you very much for the valuable insights in your post. A few follow up questions: 1. How are you liking the WeWork setup? Trying to look for alternatives now and would like to get your thoughts of pros/cons. 2. Where there are any big surprise items that popped up for y0u along the way?
3. What were some of the databases that you considered and which was the final one you selected?

Thank you in advance for all the help,

1 year ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Weber State University

^Searchfunder member‌ it looks like you’ve completed your search, congrats! Looking back, what did your budget end up looking like? Any surprises in either direction of costs?

2 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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