Alex Mears draws on years of experience at Carlyle & Blackstone to support and invest in searchers (70 & counting).

Themes from Alex's interview:

• The most valuable businesses of all
• Attractiveness (or not) of home service businesses
• Seller integrity
• When to require speaking with key employees
• Thesis-driven search
• Search accelerators
• New accelerator The Brydon Group
• Alex's pivot to entrepreneurship: why now?

Reach Alex at:

• alexander dot mears @ brydon dot com
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• The Brydon Group
• Apply to the first cohort here (deadline: June 15th)

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Register here for the live session with Chelsea Wood of the Acquisition Lab:

• What size of business should you buy?

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Links & mentions:

• Steve Ressler
• George Dutile
• Alex's session on Searchfunder: Tutorial: Live Modeling an Example Self-Funded Deal & Key Factors Involved
• Alex's session on Searchfunder: Modeling for Traditional Search Deals - Intro to Building Financial Models