Harvard Club of Seattle

Search Funds: Skip the Startup Phase
and buy an Existing Business
Hosted by HBS Club of Seattle

Skip the startup phase - what if your path to CEO was buying an existing business?

About the event

What if you could become a CEO - not by starting a company, but by buying one?

Search funds and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) have become one of the most compelling paths to business ownership, attracting a growing number of HBS and other top graduates who want to acquire, lead, and grow an established company.

Join Aaron Perrine (Wharton WG ’12), Scott Alderman (HBS ’95), and Roland Yang (HBS ’22) on Thursday, September 10, at Trilogy Search Partners on Mercer Island for an evening exploring the search fund model. Hear directly from entrepreneurs in Trilogy’s portfolio as they share the realities of raising capital, searching for the right acquisition, navigating due diligence, and ultimately stepping into the CEO role.

Whether you’re considering launching a search, investing in one, or simply curious why ETA has become one of the fastest-growing career paths among top MBA graduates, this is a rare opportunity to hear candid stories from those who’ve done it.

Who’s Invited:

• HBS alumni (all programs)

• IvyPlus alumni (Stanford, Wharton, Booth, Columbia, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, etc.)

• Harvard undergrad/grad alumni

• Your guests