Thoughts on broker businesses?

by a searcher from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

5 years ago

RFPs for industrial supplies from large scale buyers, import/export, etc. I’ve been seeing a few that do very well, but it’s very tied up in the owners relationships. Not a ton of hard sellable assets, most seem hard to scale. Anyone have experience with these or a POV for how to approach? 

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searcher from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Thanks Karen...mostly interested in businesses that broker supply deals. Like the movie War Dogs...but not for guns, ha.

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admin from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Although not the type of brokerage you are asking about, ^Searchfunder member‌ does discuss the relationship based nature of buying an insurance brokerage in his interview. https://www.searchfunder.com/article/viewarticle/1374 Perhaps, it is analogous?

5 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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