Would love to talk to a searchers who've failed to find a deal?

by a searcher from Columbia University - Columbia Business School

1 year ago

I'm deciding whether I want to go down the search path and have talked to tons of folks who have had success or are in the midst of a search so the verdict is out on their success.  Would love to understand more about the experiences of folks who haven't had a great time.

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searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management

Agree with many of the comments on here …. persistence and perseverance are key. I’ve been at this for a couple of years part-time, about 4 months full-time self funded, now well into double digit LOIs that all “failed” for various reasons, but when I compare my initial LOIs to the recent ones, I can see substantial improvement and refinement ….. keep swinging that bat !!! You can’t sin without failure, and failure is nothing but a learning win.

1 month ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher

I think everyone at a point has to have failed, since not every deal is worth going through.

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