Data on activity required to complete one SMB acquisition (2014 Stanford GSB Search Fund Primer): • Initial outreach: 3,404 • Response: 256 • Positive follow-up: 124 • In-person mgmt meetings: 25 • Pricing conversation and IOI: 16 • LOIs sent: 4 • LOIs signed: 2
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Replying to @tsludwig
Here are the approx stats for my search (14months): Outreach: ~10k Positive response: ~400 Initial call: 300+ IOIs: 12 LOI: 6 Signed LOI: 2 Acquisition: 1
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Replying to @carlosjosemeza1 @tsludwig
You reached out to any company, not just those already on the market correct?
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Still feels like there is a potential to build a “MLS for private SMBs” but lots of parties disinterested in that happening.
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There are a few low penetration marketplaces at low end: flips, bizbuysell
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I wonder what it would take to build a real working marketplace.
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1. A little vertical integration (marketplace provides some service like authenticates a tax return on both sides or something) 2. A lot of work to get all the sellers b to post there 3. Scrape préexistant markets Same old playbook
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