INSEAD ETA and Search Funds Podcast
INSEAD ETA and Search Funds Podcast
Podcast Description
INSEAD’s ETA and Search Funds Podcast explores the dynamic world of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), offering valuable insights for entrepreneurs and investors alike. Each episode showcases individuals from across the ETA journey—entrepreneurs in various stages, from search to operations to exit, as well as experienced investors—while showcasing success stories and lessons learned.Entrepreneurs can gain practical strategies to navigate acquisitions and lead businesses effectively, while investors discover how ETA can generate returns while fostering economic growth. With a spotlight on addressing the global succession crisis, the series highlights ETA’s potential to ensure business continuity and preserve legacies. Whether you're curious or committed, this podcast equips you with actionable knowledge around the topic of to ETA and Search Funds.
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The podcast covers topics related to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), providing episodes focused on individual journeys, operational challenges, fundraising strategies, and market dynamics, with examples like Monika Wincel's pioneering experience in Poland's ETA scene and the analysis of global succession crises related to business sustainability.
INSEAD’s ETA and Search Funds Podcast explores the dynamic world of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), offering valuable insights for entrepreneurs and investors alike. Each episode showcases individuals from across the ETA journey—entrepreneurs in various stages, from search to operations to exit, as well as experienced investors—while showcasing success stories and lessons learned.
Entrepreneurs can gain practical strategies to navigate acquisitions and lead businesses effectively, while investors discover how ETA can generate returns while fostering economic growth. With a spotlight on addressing the global succession crisis, the series highlights ETA’s potential to ensure business continuity and preserve legacies. Whether you’re curious or committed, this podcast equips you with actionable knowledge around the topic of to ETA and Search Funds.
In this episode of the INSEAD ETA & Search Funds Hub podcast, host Kudirat Olateju speaks with Rob LeBlanc, co-founder of Ambit Partners, about the roles of entrepreneurship through acquisition and small business in driving economic change and positive impact.
In Rob’s journey around the world, he has seen how search funds can be powerful vehicles for directing private capital into shallow markets. Drawing on his experience with Ambit, Rob talks through the intersection of impact and ETA, sharing the various ways he has seen impact in action; answering if how a business is run – its people decisions, culture, and operational standards – can measure up to what the business does; and if ETA operators have to choose between commercial success or positive impact.
Grounded yet forward-looking, this episode is a playbook for delivering “impact” for aspiring business leaders and impact-seeking investors.
00:00 Introduction to Rob LeBlanc and ETA
01:07 Rob’s Journey: From Canada to Global Impact
04:12 The Role of Small Businesses in Economic Development
07:59 Search Funds and Emerging Markets
10:15 Impact Narratives in Search Fund Proposals
12:10 The Concentric Circles of Impact
16:13 Balancing Impact and Commercial Viability
20:53 Finding Impact-Aligned Investors
21:52 Navigating the Impact Landscape
27:11 Operational Strategies for Impact-Driven Businesses
30:23 Understanding Challenges in Search Investments
31:24 The Role of People in Impact-Oriented Businesses
36:32 Building a Sustainable Ecosystem for Search Funds
39:35 The Future of Impact and Entrepreneurship
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