Navigating Post-Acquisition Integration and Financing Strategies in Industry Roll-ups

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* Though pursuing the consolidation of an industry is not necessarily a new thesis within the search fund ecosystem, I have observed that it has become increasingly popular over the past few years among prospective searchers. Though there have been, and will continue to be, many consolidation success stories within the search fund ecosystem, I suspect there will be an equal number of failures, though this latter outcome will surely be much less publicized. Though I’m not against consolidation theses in and of themselves, I do find myself more skeptical than most when presented with one. In today’s blog post, I’ll attempt to explain why