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Description
The Search Fund Coaching package is designed for entrepreneurs who are ready to pursue the ETA path and take ownership of a business. This package offers comprehensive guidance to help you confidently move through every stage of the journey, from shaping your strategy to stepping into the CEO role post-acquisition. Key components of this package can include, but aren't limited to: • Clarify your goals, strengths, and areas for development to ensure you’re prepared for the ETA process. • Compare self-funded, traditional, and incubated approaches to determine the structure that best fits your vision. • Build a differentiated investment thesis and map industries that align with your skills and investor appetite. • Develop polished materials, refine your narrative, and learn effective tactics for securing investor commitments. • Establish a repeatable sourcing engine, including outreach strategies, broker relationships, and deal tracking systems. • Use structured criteria to screen targets quickly and dig deeper into the most promising opportunities. • Learn strategies for structuring offers and managing seller dynamics to reach favorable terms. • Apply a disciplined process to uncover risks across financial, legal, and operational dimensions. • Prepare for the first 100 days post-close, focusing on culture-building, strategy execution, and team management. • Access ongoing mentorship to adjust your strategy, solve challenges, and maximize value creation as an operator. By the end of this package, you’ll walk away with a comprehensive ETA playbook, a refined strategy tailored to your profile, and the confidence to lead a successful acquisition and transition into the CEO seat.
What you'll get from this package
Customized ETA Roadmap – Tailored plan based on your goals, readiness, and fit across ETA models
Investor & Fundraising Playbook – Guidance on crafting your pitch, building relationships, and raising capital
Evaluation & Diligence Frameworks – Tools to analyze targets, run valuations, and conduct disciplined due diligence
Acquisition & Negotiation Support – Strategies for structuring offers, managing terms, and closing deals
CEO Transition Plan – Practical guidance for stepping into leadership and creating value post-close
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
Services included:
Due Diligence
Investment Analysis
Industry & Company Targeting
Thesis Development
Process Roadmap
Operational Strategy & Support
Board & Investor Management
Funding Strategy
Investor Selection
Deal Sourcing
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Offered by Femi G.
Joined August 2026
5.0
Ex-Goldman VP & Independent Sponsor | Master ETA Strategies for Success
I don't just teach acquisition enterpreneurship — I'm doing it right now. I'm an independent sponsor actively sourcing, evaluating, and closing acquisitions of healthcare and essential-services businesses, and I built the toolkit for it over years as an M&A banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and a Vice President in Healthcare Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where I advised on deals from $200M to $11B+. That means I can help you with the parts of the journey that actually make or break an ETA practitioner: building an LBO and returns model that holds up under scrutiny, structuring the deal and the financing, running diligence, negotiating the LOI, and thinking clearly about valuation and risk. Whether you're pursuing a self-funded search, a traditional search, or an independent-sponsor model, I'll help you move from thesis to closed deal with institutional-grade rigor and I would be honest with you about which targets are worth chasing and which aren't. More importantly, I bring the perspective of someone signing the documents on his own deals, not advising from the sidelines.
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