Business owner/searcher deals on AppSumo (can save a ton each year)

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In addition to accessing the most active online network of business buyers, Searchfunder licenses research that is simply not cost effective for individuals. Access over 15,000 industry reports and 50,000 transaction financials. You also get monthly credits for contact information for your company sourcing campaign with the option to purchase more at drastically discounted rates. Searchfunder has pre-purchased access from these data providers in order to empower individual buyers and to help searchers level the playing field versus private equity.

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While we are primarily a buy-side network, we do have hundreds of brokers that regularly post deals to the community.

Can I find an internship on Searchfunder?

Absolutely! We have the industry's largest intern job board. If you are considering a search, the first step is to help another business buyer so you can hit the ground running.

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While a large number of our members come from dedicated programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth, and other top programs, searching is no longer reserved for the elite. With the current abundance of dry powder in private equity, and an increasing number of business owners reaching retirement age, good deals rarely go unfunded.

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

1yr ago

Business owner/searcher deals on AppSumo (can save a ton each year)

I'm a big fan of AppSumo and use it to find new software all the time. Just sharing some info here for the good of the community, especially cash-strapped searchers.

If you don't know how it works, startups work a deal to be featured on AppSumo. For new users, you can usually get lifetime access to a startup's software for a one-time fee. That fee is usually equivalent to 3-6 months worth of a subscription (and again, you get lifetime access).

It's all startups and usually bootstrapped ones, so buyer beware, but you can find some killer deals on there.

TidyCal to replace Calendly

I was a long-time Calendly user but found TidyCal on AppSump and haven't looked back. Just as good as Calendly and I paid a one-time cost of $39 vs. the $12/month I paid for Calendly. Made by AppSumo and getting great reviews.

Brrezedoc to replace Docusign

Helpful to have docusign as a searcher to send NDAs to investors, bankers, etc. Personal is $10/month. AppSumo has Breezedoc (their in-house competitor to Docusign) for a $0 lifetime access. It's new and had some hiccups, but the AppSumpo founder (Noah Kagan) is in the comments and taking this one on.

Anyway- thought these were helpful and wanted to share.

Happy searching.

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reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from The University of Chicago in Stamford, CT, USA

Hot take from someone who prepares a lot of e-signature executed documents....its free and not difficult to copy paste a jpeg of your signature onto a document and email it back. Very rare to need the authentication portion of DocuSign, and in those rare instances can just do wet-ink.

reply by a searcher 1yr ago
in Mansfield, GA, USA

Thank you Mark! I was not familiar with AppSumo, and I just went and took a look. I think I already saw a couple of things there that could be of value to my current business, as well as helping future search opportunities.