UK Search Landscape vs elsewhere

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by a searcher from Princeton University
in Accra, Ghana

10mos ago

UK Search Landscape vs elsewhere

Hi Search Community, I was recently approached by someone interested in partnering on a search in the UK (originally from here and grew up here). Online and most research that I've seen seems to cover this model in the US. For any UK searchers, I would love to learn more about how the market here differs, how sourcing capital has been, and other general advice you might have specific to search here.

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reply by a searcher 10mos ago
from INSEAD in London, UK

The podcast Buy and Build by Paul Quirk is a good resource for everyone interested in a search in the UK - plenty of examples of successful acquisitions.

reply by a searcher 9mos ago
from Visvesvaraya Technological University in London, UK

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