Steve Ressler on Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition & Investing

Steve Ressler: Serial entrepreneur, founder, operator, search fund investor, and more.

Steve’s first company was a startup he describes as “A LinkedIn for government employees.” He sold it to Gov Delivery, stayed on as CMO, helped grow it to 300 people when it sold to Vista PE, the largest software PE firm. He learned how to buy, grow, and improve businesses. 

Listen to Steve and learn:

• The type of deals he likes (he’s invested in 30 search funds and over 30 deals).
• What businesses he doesn’t like.
• What makes a good searcher-buyer-operator?
• Different ways to invest in deals and the different levels of investment. 
• What he’s looking for during due diligence.
• Signs a buyer “doesn’t have it.”

Steve can be reached at:

sressler@gmail.com

twitter.com/steveressler

You can also sign-up for his monthly newsletter - bit.ly/etamusings

He’s created a number of templates (2-page investment memo, example model) that he’ll share with searchers – just email him.

You can also see his Searchfunder post on "5 Cautionary Tips for Dealing with Friends & Family Investors at https://www.searchfunder.com/post/5-cautionary-tips-for-dealing-with-friendsfamily-investors

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