Anyone have guidance on meeting business sellers during COVID?
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from University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
in Philadelphia, PA, USA
in Philadelphia, PA, USA
5yrs ago
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by a searcher
5yrs ago
from Harvard University in Fort Wayne, IN, USA
from Harvard University in Fort Wayne, IN, USA
My standard line is “I prefer meeting face to face, but also happy to do a zoom call if you’d prefer that.”
Most folks in my geo and their demo still respect face to face meetings, firm handshakes, and the ability to show off their facilities. But this also communicates the willingness to flex to zoom if they have any concerns. Split is about 80/20 face to face vs zoom. Roughly half of the face to face folks would probably not taken the meeting if I insisted on zoom. Probably all dependent on industry, geo, and demo.
Most folks in my geo and their demo still respect face to face meetings, firm handshakes, and the ability to show off their facilities. But this also communicates the willingness to flex to zoom if they have any concerns. Split is about 80/20 face to face vs zoom. Roughly half of the face to face folks would probably not taken the meeting if I insisted on zoom. Probably all dependent on industry, geo, and demo.
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by a searcher
5yrs ago
from London Business School in London, UK
from London Business School in London, UK
Fine to do initial meeting, and ongoing check ins on zoom, but recommend meeting in person before committing a significant amount of resource to a deal, you get a much better read on the person
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