A Proposal on Equity Pooling for Search Fund Entrepreneurs

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by a searcher from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
in Pittsburgh, PA, USA

3yrs ago

A Proposal on Equity Pooling for Search Fund Entrepreneurs

Has everyone seen Peter Bransden's paper on Equity Pooling to reduce risk for Searchers?
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Wondering what people think. Is anyone interested in creating a pool?

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reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from University of California, Berkeley in Denver, CO, USA

Thanks for sharing this. I love the concept of diversification across the efforts of multiple searchers, but as the paper states, the mechanics of making this happen seem incredibly daunting, especially considering the variable and lengthy time horizons involved.

reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Agreed. The searchers who "fail" first will move on to other things, but the successful searchers will not have an exit for several years down the road. From an pure investment return standpoint it could make sense. From an opportunity costs the timing of the payments is not aligned. I wonder if there is a structure to work around it.