
About this episode
Frustrated searchers: this episode is for you. Jesse Sunquist shares 4 lessons from a year of hunting for a business.
Topics in Jesse's interview:
- What he learned going from part-time to full-time searching
- Why brokers prefer working with full-time searchers
- "Spouse-funded" searcher
- How TRULY difficult it is to get your first deal done
- Embrace change when it comes to your search criteria
- How personal each searcher's journey is
- The perils of comparing your search to others'
- The temptation to buy (very) small
- Opening your mind to acquiring a franchise
- Isolation & loneliness during search and how to counteract it
- The importance of just getting started
- Over-investing in your tech stack, website, LLC formation, etc. is procrastination
How to reach Jesse and other links:
- Original post on Searchfunder: Reflections after 1 year of searching full time
- @jsunquist on Twitter
- jesse AT mtsophia DOT capital
- Jesse's search website, Mt Sophia Capital
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