Any successful searchers who were also working full time?

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September 26, 2021

by a searcher from University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, VA, USA

I am running a search while working full time, and, not surprisingly, it has created some time management issues. It feels like every time I come across something interesting, a pressing work deadline pops up and takes all my time and energy.

Has anyone had a successful search while working full-time, or should I fully commit and search full-time? Any tips?

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Reply by a searcher
from London Business School in Chicago, IL, USA
Alexander, Christofer- I have been trying to launch a search while working full time, but I have not even been even able to put together a plan after several months that I made the decision to start a search fund. I am convinced that if you wan to start and run a successful search you need to drop anything you are doing and commit to it full time.

Unfortunately if quitting your job is not an option, I think that the key for success is to work hard upfront to find investors willing to help funding the search.

The question that I have is: are investors willing to provide the funding for a search to someone that is not fully committed to it?
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Reply by an investor
from Harvard University in Denver, CO, USA
The best advice I’ve heard on this topic was from Mohnish Pabrai, who pointed out that there is a huge gap between the typical level of job performance that would be normal for someone like yourself, and the level that will get you fired. He credits this with being able to carve out tons of time each week start his own investing career while still passably holding onto an IT job.
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