EPISODE · Aug 31, 2016 · 21 MIN
The Search Fund Entrepreneur Round Trip
from ETA Insider Podcast · host Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Matt Estep of Bosworth Capital shares insights gained from his own experiences as a search fund entrepreneur - deciding on the career path, raising search capital, acquiring a company, serving as the co-CEO, and ultimately selling the business. During the conversation he touches on a number of interesting topics - how his team positioned themselves to succeed versus other buyers on a basis other than price, the importance of their board of directors, what they did, both right and wrong, in improving the business, finessing the sale of the company to a private equity firm, and his ultimate transition to other endeavors.
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Matt Estep of Bosworth Capital shares insights gained from his own experiences as a search fund entrepreneur - deciding on the career path, raising search capital, acquiring a company, serving as the co-CEO, and ultimately selling the business. During the conversation he touches on a number of interesting topics - how his team positioned themselves to succeed versus other buyers on a basis other than price, the importance of their board of directors, what they did, both right and wrong, in improving the business, finessing the sale of the company to a private equity firm, and his ultimate transition to other endeavors.
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