Survey on traditional vs. self-funded deal structures and search

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October 12, 2020

by a searcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Nova School of Business and Economics in Hamburg, Deutschland

Dear Search Fund Entrepreneurs,

I am writing my Master’s Thesis on Search Funds intending to collect data on (1) self-funded and (2) traditional Search Funds. Specifically, the thesis will focus on a comparison of the deal structure, demographics, motivation and search process of both Search Fund models.
This LINK (https://www.soscisurvey.de/test222009/) will take you to my survey that targets entrepreneurs who have been/are currently involved in any of the three above-mentioned Search Fund models. I am looking for entrepreneurs in the phase of (1) search, (2) operation and (3) entrepreneurs who have already achieved an exit. The survey shouldn’t take more than 3 minutes and I would be very thankful if many of you participate.

SURVEY LINK:
https://www.soscisurvey.de/test222009/

I am very excited to create a valuable thesis and I would like to share my results with the community and use to increase the awareness of the Search Fund path amongst students.

Thank you very much for your time and your support.

Best regards Alexander Keil

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from Carnegie Mellon University in Chicago, IL, USA
@Alexander: this year the ETA Conference is virtual. If you're interested in distributing the survey further, you might want to see if you can contact someone on the hosting team at the ETA Conference. I've heard in most years (when it was in person) it was a great networking opportunity. Here's a link: https://www.etaconference.com/
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from University of Pennsylvania
Took the survey and it seemed pretty well designed to me (not painful). I'm also looking forward to the results
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