Course curriculum

  • 1

    Participant Details

    • Getting Search Ready - Participant Details

  • 2

    Introduction and Overview

    • Introduction and Welcome

    • Program Overview

  • 3

    Program Pre-Work

    • Program Pre-Work and Assignments Overview

    • Program Pre-Work Review and Reflections

    • Program Pre-Work Update your CV

    • Program Pre-Work Capability and Personality Profile Assessment

  • 4

    Search Funds - History, Concepts and Structures

    • Search Funds Overview - So what are they and why are they becoming more popular?

    • Terminology and Concepts

    • Search Fund History

    • Search Fund History - My Reflections

    • Global Context of EtA

    • Search Fund Process

    • Search Fund Process - My Reflections

    • Search Timeline

    • Search Timeline - My Reflections

    • Search in Australia

    • Search in Australia - My Reflections

    • Australia - How many Searchers?

    • Australia - How many Searchers could we support - My Reflections

    • Business Characteristics

    • Search Funnel

    • Search Funnel- My Reflections

    • Lets talk the numbers

    • Worked Example of a Search Fund Raise, Search, Acquisition and Exit - My Reflections

  • 5

    Six Inter-related Factors to Decide in your Search

    • Six Inter-related Factors to Decide in your Search - Overview

    • Business Types

    • Sectors and Thematics

    • Growth Profile

    • Value your own Experience

    • Where to Search

    • My Preferred Focus:

  • 6

    All About "You"

    • "You"

    • Experience Base

    • Experience Base - My Reflection

    • Aussiepreneur - Traits

    • Aussiepreneur Traits - My Reflection

    • 1:1 Review your Capability and Personality Profile Assessments - Booking a time (1hr)

    • Capability and Personality Profile Assessment - Debrief and Characteristics Reflection

  • 7

    Choices and Next Steps

    • The Ideal Search

    • Post-Program Homework and Assignments

    • 1:1 Review - To Search or Not to Search - Booking a time (2hrs)