WEEKLY THOUGHTS

Here is something that caught our eye this week: Partners Second year MBA students graduate in late Spring, and as some of that group embark upon a search for a small business acquisition, we tend to observe a consistent seasonal uptick in advice requests around this time. We often get asked for our opinion on working with a partner, and lately, we have noticed a trend towards “solo” searchers in place of search fund partnerships. The data supports our casual observation, with Stanford Business School reporting that funded partner searches have declined to 28% from a peak of 64% in