Your daily schedule (as a Searcher)

by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

3 months ago

Hey all!

As I get ready to graduate and search full time, I wanted to ask you all to share your daily schedule in terms of structuring your time around various tasks. I know this will look different for many of you since there are so many different search strategies and different focus areas (i.e. brokered vs proprietary, email / mail campaigns, and so on). However, it would be very helpful to hear it anyway, and if you could also add any tips on structuring time and being efficient with your time, I’d really appreciate it! 

PS: planning to start searchint as self-funded

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

You mentioned that you're self-funding your search. If you're operating with a regional focus (as several self-funded searchers do), maybe consider devoting a portion of your time to in-person meetings with folks who can refer you to proprietary deals... not necessarily business owners, but owner-adjacent types who function as key advisors to these businesses. Grabbing a coffee with brokers, accountants, legal professionals, etc. has 1) generated off-market deal flow for me and 2) built some great relationships in an area that I plan to live long-term. Happy to chat more!

2 weeks ago | like reply | 0 likes

member from University of California, Los Angeles

I'm glad to learn a lot from this post and comments!

1 month ago | like reply | 0 likes

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