What are 3 things you would advise anyone looking to launch a searchfund?

by a searcher from Indiana University at Bloomington

4 years ago

Learned about searchfunds during my MBA and am eager to launch one in near future, but would love to hear pieces of advice from others who took the plunge!

Happy searching!

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searcher

If you can, start your search now and leverage your status as a student. Those in my MBA class did this were miles ahead of the rest and usually closed a deal < 6 months out of school.

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from London Business School

Joshua- can you help me understand what PE firms are running the "CEO in training" program that you refer to?

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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