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Search Funded: The ETA Podcast
Search Funded is the entrepreneurship through acquisition podcast for search fund entrepreneurs, self-funded searchers, independent sponsors, investors, and operators. Hosted by Nick Lall, the show features conversations with acquisition entrepreneurs and ETA investors about how to find, finance, acquire, operate, and grow established small and lower-middle-market businesses.
Search Funded: The ETA Podcast
Latest Episodes
India's First Institutional Search Investor- Chaitanya Rathi, Searchlight ETA
Chaitanya Rathi has spent two decades as an operator, entrepreneur and investor in India. He helped build Sula Vineyards’ wine tourism business, later returned as COO and helped take the company public, and in between worked in both private equ...
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Buying Independent Hotels through the EtA Model: Kevin Fleming, Avenir Hospitality
Kevin Fleming left Wharton during COVID to pursue an unconventional search thesis: combining ETA with his background in real estate private equity.In this episode, we discuss:Why Kevin chose independent hotels despite their a...
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The Rise of the AI-Powered HoldCo - Vadim Rogovskiy
In this episode of Search Funded, we sit down with entrepreneur, investor, and holdco founder Vadim Rogovskiy to explore one of the most important emerging trends in entrepreneurship through acquisition: the intersection of AI and small busines...
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Permanent Hold ETA in Australia with Nikita Gossain, PPR Capital
In this episode of Search Funded, we are joined by Nikita Gossain, founder and principal of PPR Capital, an Australian investor who has acquired, operated, and exited small businesses through a permanent-hold acquisition model focused on ...
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What Every Searcher Should Know Before Hiring an M&A Lawyer | Joel Ankney
In this episode, Nick speaks with veteran M&A attorney Joel Ankney, author of Here's the Deal: Everything You Wish a Lawyer Would Tell You About Buying a Small Business. Joel shares his journey from Big Law attorney to running a bo...
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