Taking the Leap to Full-Time Search

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by an investor from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
in Dallas, TX, USA

4yrs ago

Taking the Leap to Full-Time Search

I discuss the psychological evolution of pursuing a full-time search w/ ^redacted‌!

While it is possible to successfully acquire a great business through a part-time search...your probability of successfully identifying, negotiating, and acquiring is dramatically improved once you dedicate your full-time blood, sweat, and tears to this entrepreneurial pursuit.

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reply by an investor 4yrs ago
from University of Pennsylvania in Dallas, TX, USA

Financial runway only provides you the opportunity. Your tactics, discipline, adaptation, and velocity will drive you to success (= closing the acquisiton of a GREAT company).

If you can lengthen that runway by tapping your 401(k) to provide you that opportunity, and you believe in yourself as an acquisiton entrepreneur – why not? Startup founders that bootstrap take the same type of risk (going all-in) with much lower odds (1-3% success rate).

That's what I did – tightened the burn rate, went all-in, cashed out my 401(k) and my search took 30 months. But I made it. Worth it.

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

This is very motivating to read - thank you for sharing. I am on the fence about how to look as full focus vs jumping into small business consulting to make money up front. Have a family so the full time search without a side-gig at least sounds tough.