Acquiring Minds

What Searchers Can Learn from Big PE


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Alex Mears draws on years of experience at Carlyle & Blackstone to support and invest in searchers (70 & counting). 

Themes from Alex's interview:

  • The most valuable businesses of all
  • Attractiveness (or not) of home service businesses
  • Seller integrity
  • When to require speaking with key employees
  • Thesis-driven search
  • Search accelerators
  • New accelerator The Brydon Group
  • Alex's pivot to entrepreneurship: why now?

Reach Alex at:

  • alexander dot mears @ brydon dot com
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • The Brydon Group
  • Apply to the first cohort here (deadline: June 15th)

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

  • Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Register here for the live session with Chelsea Wood of the Acquisition Lab:

  • What size of business should you buy?

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

  • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
  • Follow Will on Twitter

Links & mentions:

  • Steve Ressler
  • George Dutile
  • Alex's session on Searchfunder: Tutorial: Live Modeling an Example Self-Funded Deal & Key Factors Involved
  • Alex's session on Searchfunder: Modeling for Traditional Search Deals - Intro to Building Financial Models
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