Acquiring Minds

5 Takeaways from Harvard's ETA Conference


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Harvard's acquisition entrepreneurship conference took place last week. Organizer Michael Ledecky shares 5 takeaways. 

Themes from Michael's interview:

  • Buy a good business in a great industry
  • 4+1 Model for searching
  • 3 industries for acquisition entrepreneurs to consider
  • Mental health in search
  • Women in search
  • Thai Lee, acquisition entrepreneur who became a billionaire
  • Diversifying paths of search
  • Predictions for search in 2022 & 2023

Tons of names & resources cited in this episode. Here they all are:

  • Michael Ledecky
  • 2021 ETA Conference
  • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Club at HBS
  • The book that inspired Michael, HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company
  • The authors and HBS professors: Royce G. Yudkoff & Richard S. Ruback
  • Pacific Lake, and partners Coley Andrews & Jim Southern
  • The 4 + 1 Industry Search Framework by Pacific Lake
  • Steve Divitkos' episode on Acquiring Minds, From Search Misery to Successful CEO
  • Paul Thompson's Search Fund Manifesto
  • Andrew Mondi
  • Thai Lee
  • Jim Sharpe's blog
  • Trish Higgins of Chenmark
  • Andrew Saltoun
  • Search Fund Accelerator (SFA)
  • Broadtree Partners
  • Irv Grousbeck, developer of the traditional search model
...more
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