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Skip the Startup: Why More Entrepreneurs are Choosing Acquisition

UVA Darden

Edward McDonnell (MBA ’16) raised a traditional search fund during his second year at Darden and acquired Botanical Designs in 2018. According to Stanford’s 2024 Search Fund Study, for entrepreneurs who exited their business, the average equity earned was $5.7 with biophilic design, plant care and holiday décor.

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Job Creation: Focus on Programs, Not Politics

Harvard Business Review

It will make up 90% of the increase in the labor market between 2008 and 2018, with significant numbers of older Americans spurred by the need for supplemental income, given the bleak financial future they face in retirement. Statistics tell the story. Grey labor is the single largest cohort of the labor force and growing exponentially.