Self-Funded Search vs. Traditional Search Funds

by a searcher from Brown University

2 years ago

The searcher podcast Acquiring Minds staged a debate last week about the merits of self-funded search vs. traditional search funds, with 2 passionate advocates for each model: Searchfunder member‌ & Searchfunder member‌.
A lot of ground was covered in what was a really substantive (and heated!) debate.
Enjoy:

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investor from Carnegie Mellon University

Thanks for sharing. Very informative

1 year ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Simon Fraser University

That was a great discussion! Very informative indeed!

2 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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