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SOS: LESSONS FROM THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (STORY OF A FAILED ACQUISITION)

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I am a former searcher that acquired a $10MM revenue service company and had to wind down the company after 2 years. Searchfunder has invited me to share my story on February 9th at 12:00 PM Mountain time.

For a preview of the story, Here is a LinkedIn article that I wrote about the experience:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/johnikalowych_privateequity-insurance-business-activity-6734494256196657152-882S

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searcher Texas Christian University - 01/29/2021

Seems like an interesting event! Will it be recorded?

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searcher London Business School University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA Anderson School of Management - 01/30/2021

I look forward to attending this session. I read your article. Thank you for being vulnerable to share your story.

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searcher Brigham Young University Harvard University - Harvard Business School - 01/30/2021

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the event.

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searcher Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business Cornell University Carnegie Mellon University - 01/31/2021

Looking forward to this!

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admin Stanford University - Graduate School of Business Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University - 03/22/2021

While we are taking the week off from live streams, I've highlighted a past session each day this week. I conclude the week with one that has stuck me with the most. As you are exploring search as an option, everyone wonders if there's life afterwards in the event they can't find a business or the business does not succeed. I've heard from both searchers and investors in private conversations that the experience is daunting and is a crucible for what really matters in life -- your health, you

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admin Stanford University - Graduate School of Business Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University - 08/26/2021

While we're taking time off from live streams, we highlight each day a session that you might have missed. Please like or comment to share this with other community members.

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