From the archives: WSC's Managing Partner and Co-Founder Badge Stone discusses his experiences as a search fund investor as part of a program presented by Duke's Fuqua School of Business back in 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVtU…
https://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.png00Ted Baxahttps://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.pngTed Baxa2022-04-14 20:37:402022-04-14 20:37:40ETA from an Investor's Perspective: Video Interview
[Note: This post is a chapter of our Growth Handbook, a guide on organic growth for search funds and mid-market operating executives.]
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WSC Co-Founder and Partner Badge Stone was recently interviewed on Alex Bridgeman's podcast Think Like an Owner. In the discussion, Badge describes his journey through search as an entrepreneur, operator and investor. Take a listen!
“Search is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” -Yogi Berra (with some editorial liberty)
The great Yogi Berra may have initially been speaking of baseball when he uttered the quote above, but the principle applies equally…
https://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.png00Ted Baxahttps://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.pngTed Baxa2021-09-13 01:37:152021-09-13 01:38:04The Psychology of Search
The team at WSC recently gave a presentation to a group of business school students contemplating raising search funds. We thought we'd "open source" the best practices we shared, based on our experiences backing 100+ search funds and meeting…
https://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.png00Ted Baxahttps://wscandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wsc-and-company-1.pngTed Baxa2021-08-23 12:53:152021-08-23 12:53:15How to Raise a Search Fund
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