Similar online communities to Searchfunder

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Frequent asked questions:

What is Searchfunder.com?

Searchfunder.com is an online community of searchers, investors, lenders, brokers and other professionals. Over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account to help them network, hire, and mentor others.

What are the benefits of membership?

In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

Do you have deals?

While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

What does it cost?

Searchfunder is a subscription service. We offer flexible monthly, annual and lifetime memberships.

Monthly

$79 / month

Annual

$19 / month

Lifetime

$432 / once

Those who maintain an account with us for over 4 continuous years are permanently added to the community without the need for a membership.

Do I need an MBA to join?

While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

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by an intermediary
in Nashville, TN, USA

3yrs ago

Similar online communities to Searchfunder

I get a tremendous amount of value from Searchfunder.com and am curious if there are other similar online communities out there for SMB acquirers and owners. To get the thread rolling, here are a few that I'm aware of:

- Buy Then Build Facebook group (redacted)
- Alignable.com (haven't gotten much value from it, but may not be using correctly)
- #SMBTwitter
- The M&A Forum LinkedIn Group (redacted)

What are other communities that have been valuable to you?

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reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from Texas A&M University in Coppell, TX, USA

Beyond SMB Twitter, which is great, there are a couple of paid cohort communities out there. While I'm sure most who participate would say that their decision was a good one (since they're expensive), is there anyone out there that thought they didn't get their money's worth?

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, USA

Here's a couple of x.com lists to get you started.
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