When Search Funds Don’t Go As Planned (Part 1): 3 Searcher Case Studies

June 22, 2023

by an investor from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Toronto, ON, Canada

If one were to attend a randomly selected group of Search Fund conferences, they'd be forgiven for thinking that every search fund is a smashing success.

Yet, the data does not at all support this idea: One-third of search funds reliably fail to acquire a business, and of those that do, roughly one-third of them fail to return more than 1.0x the original capital.

In today's episode, we speak with four entrepreneurs whose ETA paths deviated from their original plans, not only to learn from their hard-earned wisdom, but also to celebrate their courage and the wonderful professional successes that they've all gone on to achieve since. Link is below, please enjoy!

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from University of Virginia in Falls Church, VA, USA

Thanks for sharing, always good to get a reality check, and there are some good lessons in the stories shared.

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from Brigham Young University in Kansas City, MO, USA

Need to see more of this kind of content.

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