Top 3 challenges as a Searcher?

by a professional from Southern New Hampshire University

3 years ago

Hello Searchers!

I often hear "finding good/great companies that are for sale".   I'd like to better understand what are the other challenges you face as you navigate the Searcher Horizon.  There is no better way for understanding this better than asking the Searcher Community.

Many thanks!

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searcher

I agree 100%, Leigh

3 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Columbia University - Columbia Business School

Sourcing, Sourcing, and Sourcing. I am not a hyper-experienced private equity investor, but I have a lot of experience investing in value-type public equities and have read everything about Buffett's moats, Greenblatt's Magic Formula, Graham's Net Net's, Klarman's cigar butts, etc. A long time friend of mine that is a MD at a Billion dollar fund said holds true, if a deal is good, money becomes a commodity. Fortunately, at these small levels, deals are more abundant and you can create value by putting in a lot of your own sweat equity and ingenuity. But I would still say sourcing is the most difficult part. You aren't going to find a huge moat, but you can create one by market segmentation or brand equity or some other operational implementation.

3 years ago | like reply | 5 likes

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