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by a searcher from University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business
in Victoria, BC, Canada

6yrs ago

Dashboard/Metrics

Searchers,

Does anyone have a Dashboard/Set of Metrics they use or Milestones they found helpful when structuring the Search Fund set up process? (Raising Capital, Networking in the Community, etc)

I'm planning on setting up a system for my Search fund formation but didn't want to re-invent the wheel, if possible.

-Ryan

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reply by a searcher 5yrs ago
from Rice University in Houston, TX, USA

Thank you... this is very helpful. Curious if you considered contacts to brokers and service providers (accountants, financial advisors, tax / estate attorneys, etc.) and if that was part of you metrics.

reply by a searcher 5yrs ago
from University of Virginia in 400 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147, USA

We only include brokered deals in our metrics if we decide to proceed after reviewing the CIM, since many brokered deals end up being outside of our deal criteria. I'm sure there's a more useful and thoughtful way to measure the effectiveness of our brokered pipeline. Some other searchers have employed strategies of prioritizing brokers by deal quality and measuring points of engagement within each prioritization bracket. Not sure about effort vs. impact of such an approach.