A Brutal Search Rewarded with Success After 3+ Years

Jordan Carter started as a part-time, generalist searcher. 3+ years later, he bought a biz doing $2.4m with 40% margins. 

Topics in Jordan's interview:

• Part-time vs. full-time searching
• Consulting in order to generate income while searching
• Misconceptions about how easy it is to find a business to buy
• How much cash Jordan saved for his self-funded search
• Generalist vs. industry-specific search
• Using interns for search
• Value of speaking with owners (even if they don't want to sell)
• Optimal percentage of time to devote to deal sourcing
• Accessing equity capital
• Adding value to a super niche business you're completely new to
• Growing a business 40% in 2 years after acquisition
• Buying a grant-writing business
• The pain of losing an LOI

Reach Jordan at:

• @jordanpcarter
• LinkedIn

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Links & mentions:

• B&A Grant Services & Software
• Search Investment Group
• Episode 41, featuring Jordan and partner Robert Graham at SIG: The Argument for Self-Funded Search