Traditional Search Expense estimation

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by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School
in Piedmont, CA, USA

3yrs ago

Traditional Search Expense estimation

Hi all - I'm wondering if current / former traditional searchers have thoughts on three line items of expense estimation:

Broken deal costs - what did you budget and what was reality?

Software and Research - what did you buy and would you buy again?

Interns - how much did you pay? Any tips on hiring / evaluation?

Many thanks,
Chris

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reply by an investor 3yrs ago
from Columbia University in San Francisco, CA, USA

i'd recommend trialing a few of the common sourcing tools- we (and many other of the larger funds) have MSAs with Grata, SourceScrub for searchers we support- and then seeing what supplementary tools you'd like to use to complement areas/gaps you find with either a Grata or SourceScrub.

reply by a searcher 3yrs ago
from Wilfrid Laurier University in Toronto, ON, Canada

I read a twitter thread yesterday by a searcher who recommended Streak as a CRM. It has a free plan, is Gmail based, and looks to have some solid features.

I'm planning to try it out in my search as well.