What is the Smallest Self-Funded Search "Worth" Doing?

by a searcher from Indiana University, Bloomington/Indianapolis - Kelley School of Business

2 years ago

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searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business

There is also a tradeoff of "professionalization" and what is growable, especially if you're taking outside capital. A good proxy for "is this big enough" can be "who does payroll and QuickBooks?" If the owner is doing those and is the head salesperson, head of operations, [...] it's a good bet your focus will be on rowing the boat, not steering the ship

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searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

I think you will have trouble finding external investors if you go lower than $500k.

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