One year in the ETA world - AMA
August 28, 2023
by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Piedmont, CA, USA
About one year ago I joined Searchfunder as I was starting to poke around the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition world. I always wanted to run a company, but doing the startup thing never felt right. Fast forward one year, and I've left my job as a Product Manager at Meta, and I'm doing a traditional search fund.
I remember when I first got on Searchfunder I had a hard time digesting all the new terminology and figuring out what my options were in the ETA world. It took me about six months to understand the different ETA models, what it took to participate in them, and what the potential upside was.
I'm starting this thread for aspiring searchers who are new to the ETA world and have questions about how things work. There are no dumb questions - post in the comments and I can share what I learned.
from Duke University in Washington, DC, USA
from Harvard University in Piedmont, CA, USA
In retrospect I realized my timing was probably pretty fortunate. It sounds like a lot of investors were fully committed on the search side by late summer. That said, I would still reach out now and try to build relationships.