Thoughts on the Best CRM for ETA in 2024

by a searcher from The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

11 months ago

I'm currently in the process of starting a self-funded search fund and am looking to choose a CRM. I have some experience with Salesforce and Hubspot but have heard about some other options as well (e.g., Pipedrive, Zoho, and DealCloud).

I would love any thoughts on what makes some of these options stand out in the search context. Being self-funded, price is an important factor. That said, functionality like ease of use, integration capabilities, and scalability are all important. 

Given the current options, features, and prices, who stands out right now as having the most compelling CRM offering and why?

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searcher

I built a crm full of templates in Notion that we used to evaluate 100+ deals to ultimately close on one in###-###-#### At some point I might clean it up as a template to give to other people.

2 months ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from University of Oxford

HubSpot!

11 months ago | like reply | 1 like

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