Search Funds: How to Buy a Small Business

💡 Get the #1 Private Equity recruiting course, which comes with 3-statement LBO model tests, mega fund case studies, and headhunter coverage: https://bit.ly/PF-PrivateEquity
📚 Free recruiting resources: https://peakframeworks.com
** Stanford GSB's Search Fund Primer: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/centers-initiatives/ces/research/search-funds/primer

The SEARCH FUND is an investment strategy popularly used by top MBAs and investment professionals to buy small businesses and become CEO. In a SEARCH FUND, you raise money from investors to acquire a single company and then manage it! It's one of the only ways to get meaningful equity in an already successful company.

The search fund is one of the most effective ways to mix one's finance and entrepreneurial skills. In this video, I discuss the typical SEARCH FUND process, how much you can expect to make, and explain why the strategy works.

0:00 - Intro
0:30 - What is a Search Fund?
1:19 - The Search Fund Process
3:02 - Search Fund Returns
3:49 - Why Search Funds Work
4:50 - Cons of a Search Fund

Peak Frameworks is a business career prep service started by Matt Ting and Patrick Fong, who have each spent several years working in investment banking and private equity in New York and Silicon Valley. Matt and Patrick met at Evercore, a top tier investment bank, and over the years have tutored and coached dozens of candidates to land their dream business job.

Matt Ting: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewting/
Patrick Fong (HBS 2021): https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-fong-0b773041/

#SearchFund #PrivateEquity #InvestmentBanking

Видео Search Funds: How to Buy a Small Business канала Peak Frameworks