What's one thing you kicked yourself for not having ready sooner?
October 31, 2025
by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Washington, DC, USA
I'm about a month into a self-funded search. The basics are in place, and I know plenty of work lies ahead before I find a deal worth pulling the trigger on. I'm not chasing perfection, but my working assumption is that even good-enough deals are rare, and that edge comes from being bale to move fast when one appears.
Forget podcasts and book lists - that's covered. I'm after the stuff that only experience teaches: the "wish I'd done that one quiet Thursday afternoon in month 2 or 3" kind of prep that would've saved you a ton of stress - or even a lost deal - once things got serious and you had to move fast.
What's one thing you kicked yourself for not having ready sooner?
from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Los Angeles, CA, USA
from University of California, Berkeley in Los Angeles, CA, USA