Searchers and Investors: What are the biggest issues you've identified in how the companies you've purchased are run? Are there any consistencies to the practices and/or systems that you've seen across various businesses?

What are the biggest things to look out for when reviewing Seller's Discretionary Earnigs (SDE)?

Who are the best examples of CEO's who have searched to build?

How should prospective searchers be thinking about the type of search they embark on (traditional, self-funded, accelerator, etc.)? What are the biggest tradeoffs today? How has that changed in the past couple of years?

Lots of new followers this week! We appreciate the love. What is the one thing you wish someone told you before you started searching?

How do searchers and investors ensure that a search fund entrepreneur is not just "buying a low-paying job"? What are the best things to look for in due dilligence to avoid this?

What are the pros and cons of a geographic search?

Traditional Entrepreneurship is the art of taking something from 0 to 1, whereas search/ETA is the art of taking something from ~1-5. What are the questions prospective searchers should ask themselves to help pinpoint which category they truly fall into?

For those who have worked with business brokers - what are the best qualities you look for? Who are some of the best that embody them?

First day on the new campus!

What are the best ways to approach industry selection and filtering in advance of a search?

Biggest single takeaway from SMBash ? No threads please 😂

There is some interesting high-level overlap between ETA/Search Funds and SPACS. What can searchers learn from the current SPAC landscape?

Be on the lookout as some of @ColumbiaETA's finest prepare to embark on this journey and launch their funds! A few of our all stars are jumping into the mix👀 wsj.com/articles/m-b-a…

Elon Musk really taking ETA to a new level

What is the impact of continued inflation and interest rate increases for searchers? Will searchers take on less debt at acquisition or be dissuaded from searching all together? 🤔

Why does the Twitter algorithm think that self storage in the rust belt is the only SMB that exists 🤷‍♂️

Great day at the Columbia Business School club fair - educating new students about opportunities in the ETA space

What are the best qsr franchise opportunities? For me, I love jersey mikes, but does it pay for my beach house in South Carolina..🤔🤔🤔