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Search Fund Success Story: From $15M to $200M Through 7 Acquisitions

Mike Markus ( ⁠https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Christa Glassburn about how she joined a search fund, acquired seven companies and scaled revenue from $15 million to $200 million.

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0:00 Christa’s $15M to $200M scaling story

2:30 FBI operator lessons

3:37 Jump to a search fund and move to rural Virginia

11:51 First acquisition and integration learning curve

17:28 Culture reset and global expansion via acquisitions

20:05 Post acquisition playbook

23:08 7 total acquisitions and off market sourcing

30:25 Transition to launching Harbor Capital

39:36 How to find invisible small…

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