Get to know the Australian search community

March 07, 2023

by a searcher from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain

Dear community,

I am considering starting a solo-search in AUS and would like to connect with the Australian search community. As I am in the early stage of my decision making process, I would like to speak to a hand full of ex or current searchers to learn more about their experiences. I am particularly interested to chat with non-Australians who run / did run a search fund in Australia. If you are free for a 30 min chat this / next week, please hit me up or just drop a comment.

Furthermore, I will be in Melbourne most of April (and a few days in Sydney), happy to meet for a coffee / lunch or join an ETA focused event.

I look forward to having some interesting chats.

Best,
Daniel

Reply by a searcher
from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain

Thanks everyone for commenting and willingness to help. Unfortunately, I could not talk to everyone, but I had really interesting conversations and learned a lot in the process.

I decided to park the idea of starting a search fund and will shift my focus on other opportunities. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn in case you want to discuss a similar idea or learn more about the reasons of my decision.

Reply by a professional
from INSEAD in Singapore

Piggybacking on this thread, I'll be visiting Sydney in the second half of May and interested to catch up with experienced searchers over a call/coffee, particularly those who have gone through 1+ acquisitions. Would like to talk through how you assess biz performance and drive growth in the metrics that formed the foundation of your valuation models.

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