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Niklas James, Adam Borcz, and Tony Cappeart reflect on terms, risk & reward of the still-young self-funded search model.
Topics in Search Investor Roundtable:
- White collar buyers of blue collar businesses
- Desirable traits for searchers
- Balancing investor returns and personal gains
- 3 common modeling mistakes
- Role of put options in deals
- How searchers sabotage their own deals
- Realistic expectations for business growth
- Hope is not a strategy
- Operational experience trumps finance knowledge
- Self-funded search terms
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- Niklas James LinkedIn
- Adam Borcz LinkedIn
- Tony Cappaert LinkedIn
- Adam Borcz’s Acquiring Minds interview
- Niklas James’s Acquiring Minds interview
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