Entrepreneurship through Acquisition and Search Funds - E - Q3

Participation Prerequisites

General knowledge on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance

Course Content

This course introduces students to the field of Entrepreneurship through Acquisition, and more specifically, to Traditional Search Funds.

Intended Learning Outcomes and Competencies

After completing this course, participants will have gained:

•  A comprehensive knowledge on Entrepreneurship through Acquisition.
•  A comprehensive knowledge on Search Funds.
•  Expertise in developing a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) (which is needed to collect Search Fund investors).
•  Expertise in setting up Search Funds.
•  Expertise in searching for suitable companies to acquire.
•  Insights in the process of the takeover of the target company.
•  Insights in managing the acquired company and dealing with the current staff and employees.
•  Insights in the legal framework and concerns in setting up and running Search Funds as well as acquiring the target companies.

Instruction Type

Presence

Form of Examination

Literature

J. Simon, “Search Funds & Entrepreneurial Acquisitions: The Roadmap for Buying a Business and Leading it to the Next Level”, Tellwell Talent, 2021

 „A Primer on Search Funds: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs Embarking on a Search Fund“ Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2021

 R. S. Ruback und R. Yudkoff, “HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business”, Harvard Business Review Press, 2017

 Further articles will be provided for this course.