Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition – Becoming a CEO from an MBA

As a follow-up to the oversubscribed evening “Introduction to Search Funds”, this 4-session programme will go into more detail on how to become an entrepreneur through acquisition straight from business school. The course is a condensed version of a typical MBA elective taught at other business schools. It will appeal to anyone interested in building an entrepreneurial career by acquiring a company, those interested in investing in this 30% IRR asset class and those interested in lower/mid-market private equity.

The sessions will be led by LBS alum Simon Webster - the first person to raise a search fund outside the USA and the fifth person ever to do a search fund. As a Search Fund CEO he delivered 10x growth over a 10 year period and has subsequently invested in over 30 search funds.

He will be joined by guest speakers from all stages of the entrepreneurship through acquisition process – from current searchers to search fund CEOs and search fund investors.

Session Details:
Session 1: Feb 25, 2020 – LT19: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM - The different types of entrepreneurship through acquisition and what it takes to be an ETA CEO
Session 2: Feb 26, 2020 – LT19: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Searching for and Assessing Companies
Session 3: March 3, 2020 – LT19: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM - Negotiating the Deal, Due Diligence and Acquisition
Session 4: March 4, 2020 – LT7: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM – What’s next? Lessons from a successful career in entrepreneurship through acquisition to a business school professor – AJ Wasserstein

Cost: £50 (buying the ticket gains access to all 4)

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