A fireside chat with veteran searcher & investor Kent Weaver recorded at the Self-Funded Search Conference in Dallas.

Topics in Kent's interview:

Kent's history: his search & how he evolved into an investor in searchers
How the first 2 or 3 years post-acquisition are different in a self-funded search vs. a traditional search fund
How traditional search feels different today vs. its early days
What is a "3am business"?
The power of choosing a quality industry to buy a business in
The power of high quality revenue
The power of strong unit economics
The power of you as CEO
Ingredients of a good search CEO
How to handle it if the business you buy fails?
2 stories of search failures
Staying too long in a bad business
When buying a business, dream bigger. No artificial ceiling.
Thinking beyond your first deal: what doing a search does for your career

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