Searcher to CEO and Exit to Search Fund Investor, Steve Divitkos Top M&A Entrepreneurs

Jon talks to Steve Divitkos.   Steve was in PE,  became searchers,  acquired a company,  grew it, sold it,  and is now the Founder of Mineola Search Partners, a company that invests in Search Funds, the entrepreneurs who run them, and the companies that they acquire.

Show Notes
Intro:  00:00
00:45  Where did you start and why become a searcher?
02:32  What is search fund - what is your cut of acquisition
04:48  Why would a search fund investor install you as CEO with ZERO experience?
07:39  Are search fund investors putting bets on the jockey or the horse?
09:31  How long did it take you to make an acquisition?   
11:12  Who structured the deal stack?
12:00  Any events that almost torpedo the deal?
14:26  How much did investors finance?
14:36  How did he 4X equity value?
17:36  With zero CEO experience how did you know what to improve?
22:10  Was being a CEO everything he thought it was? 
25:54  Do you have mentors/masterminds?
27:19  After selling Microdea - new role: Investor   
30:55  What lessons did you learn as CEO to share as Investor
32:26  As investor,  have you allocated capital?
33:53  Best advice he received 
36:00 Why reach out to Steve & Mineola Search Partners 




Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-divitkos-76250b2a/
https://www.searchfunder.com/profile/steve-divitkos-1



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Top M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast is where we talk to acquisition entrepreneurs active today to ask them about their process, where and how they source their deals, their journey, what they had to overcome, obstacles, Industries they work in, how they analyze deals, valuations, and pricing, negotiating the deal, due diligence, transition planning and closing. Our guests have acquired over 500 businesses and over $53 Billion in Value!