Finding 10x outliers

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by a searcher from University of Melbourne
in Sydney NSW, Australia

1yr ago

Finding 10x outliers

The Stanford Search Fund Study data shows that within search there are outliers that skew the mean returns, the 10x outliers if you will.

Is there a quick way to find out which companies these outliers are, in order to dig into their stories and study them? If not, has someone got a list of the high return search fund outcomes they can share?

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reply by an investor 1yr ago
from McGill University in San Diego, CA, USA

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reply by a searcher 1yr ago
from Universidad Internacional del Ecuador in Cuenca, Ecuador

Hey Jackson, haven't looked into their startegies but I'm willing to bet they either 1) successfully executed a roll up startegy, or 2) acquired a company that had substantial upside that wasn't being exploited by the owner, for example a manufacturing company that's only working one shift when demand can accomodate 2 or 3 shifts (ie. double or triple production, selling pretty much to the same customers)