The Upside & Downside of Search, from a 20-Year Veteran

November 9, 2023
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ere's the scene.

It's 4pm at the end of the first day of the Self-Funded Search Conference in Dallas a few weeks ago.

It has been a full day. Great content, 200 attendees, by all accounts tons of value.

But, in general, people are tired by the end of the day at a conference.

And there was one more agenda item, the closing talk of the day, a fireside chat between me and Kent Weaver.

Kent Weaver has 2 decades of experience in search.

He was a self-funded searcher, buying, growing, and owning to this day a major home health care business in Northern California.

He then became a search investor, in both traditional search funds and self-funded searches. He has invested in over 80 businesses that were acquired by searchers.

So Kent is someone with a towering amount of experience in the world of search — someone people look to for guidance, someone people listen to.

Case in point, despite a long day, the audience was rapt as Kent shared his insights in the interview you're about to hear.

It was a highlight of the conference.

My favorite points in the interview? When Kent talks about both the upside & downside of search.

  • On the upside, he encourages us all to think bigger.
  • On the downside, he makes a great point about what buying a business can do for your career, even if it doesn't work out the way you hoped.

Now unfortunately the audio quality wasn't great; what you'll hear is actually a big improvement on the raw recording. It works, but you might miss a word here or there, so thanks for your understanding on that.

OK, please enjoy this fireside chat with Kent Weaver of Granite Point Partners.

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The Upside & Downside of Search, from a 20-Year Veteran

A fireside chat with veteran searcher & investor Kent Weaver recorded at the Self-Funded Search Conference in Dallas.

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ere's the scene.

It's 4pm at the end of the first day of the Self-Funded Search Conference in Dallas a few weeks ago.

It has been a full day. Great content, 200 attendees, by all accounts tons of value.

But, in general, people are tired by the end of the day at a conference.

And there was one more agenda item, the closing talk of the day, a fireside chat between me and Kent Weaver.

Kent Weaver has 2 decades of experience in search.

He was a self-funded searcher, buying, growing, and owning to this day a major home health care business in Northern California.

He then became a search investor, in both traditional search funds and self-funded searches. He has invested in over 80 businesses that were acquired by searchers.

So Kent is someone with a towering amount of experience in the world of search — someone people look to for guidance, someone people listen to.

Case in point, despite a long day, the audience was rapt as Kent shared his insights in the interview you're about to hear.

It was a highlight of the conference.

My favorite points in the interview? When Kent talks about both the upside & downside of search.

  • On the upside, he encourages us all to think bigger.
  • On the downside, he makes a great point about what buying a business can do for your career, even if it doesn't work out the way you hoped.

Now unfortunately the audio quality wasn't great; what you'll hear is actually a big improvement on the raw recording. It works, but you might miss a word here or there, so thanks for your understanding on that.

OK, please enjoy this fireside chat with Kent Weaver of Granite Point Partners.

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