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by an investor from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
in Lexington, KY, USA

1yr ago

Hypothetical Inexperienced Investor

Suppose the hypothetical investor existed:
- Mid 30's, 5 years out from a top-10 MBA program
- Operating family business in the Midwest, $15M Revenue in the manufacturing industry
- Capital available to invest with searchers, particularly interested in working with self-funded searchers who are ready to acquire and need additional capital
- Limited experience investing with searchers/operators
- Provide value to searcher/operator as a peer operator able to be more informal than more experienced advisors. High willingness to provide time and effort to support searcher/operator in whatever manner is needed.

Is there an appetite from this sort of investor? Is this type of investor common? What advice would you give this person?

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reply by a searcher 11mos ago
from University of Pennsylvania in Miami, FL, USA

There is absolutely an appetite. You have operational experience as a leader, a great education and capital. As a matter of fact I'd love to get in touch as you sound like a very easy investor to work with. Feel free to reach out

reply by a searcher 11mos ago
from INSEAD in United Arab Emirates

CapTable construction mirrors a portfolio. A searcher would like a good mix of large FoFs, ex-searchers, Operators/Riverguides in industries that they are targeting.