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DomainSherpa.comDomainSherpa Review – July 31, 2025 – Zoom OutWhat do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?
In this show:
- The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 25:04 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's domains are IYAR.com, SearchParty.com, and HighRanking.com.
- They review a list of domains about to come up for auction on NameJet.com, including SimplyBeautiful.com, KitchenCollection.com, BitLogic.com, and AICounsel.com.
- The Sherpas talk about the seasonal nature of the domain space.
- They get into the...2025-08-011h 22
Search PartyHow Haley the AI Agent Transformed a Sales FunctionArtificial intelligence has reached the lower-middle-market, as seen in the case study of Haley, an AI agent deployed by Entrepreneur-Through-Acquisition (ETA) Tyrel Sulzer to win customers for his commercial driving school, TransTech.
In a fascinating conversation with Search Party, TransTech co-CEO Sulzer and his investment partner, Dustin Sellers, Managing Partner of ETA private equity firm Next Coast Legacy, share details of Haley's rapid implementation, and how the AI agent has transformed the sales function of North Carolina-based TransTech.
In a recent week, Haley, programmed with a slight southern drawl and "aw shucks" charm, exchanged 16,000 text m...2025-07-1526 minSearch PartyFrom Google to Search-Fund Success in the SaaS VerticalCurt Black, CEO of a growing SaaS business, was a successful Google executive before deciding to pursue the path of Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition. His ETA journey introduced him to the founder of Aproove, who agreed to be acquired by Black and partners, then called the whole thing off.
Black finally managed to acquire the Aproove business in January 2025.
Through deal-search twists and turns, Black tried to differentiate himself as leader with a talent for solving SaaS go-to-market challenges, he tells Search Party. His search put him in contact with many successful SaaS CEOs, some of whom were lo...2025-06-1622 minSearch PartyBuilding a High-Impact Board in a 'Stretched-Thin' ETA MarketA board of directors should hold the CEO accountable and evolve with the company's growth, say veterans of lower-middle-market business building.
In a conversation with Search Party, Megan Webster of law firm Mayer Brown, Max Artz of Peterson Partners and Anthony Walker of Next Coast Legacy share observations about the positive impact a board can have on a lower-middle-market business, and the challenges the Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition community faces recruiting board members in a market where top talent is "stretched thin."
Among the key takeaways of the Search Party episode, "Building a High-Impact Board in a 'Stretched-Thin...2025-06-0924 minSearch PartyDeal Sourcing in the Fading Era of Email OutreachA decline in email response rates is forcing deal searchers to be more creative, says Entrepreneur-Through-Acquisition searcher Christine Koval, currently on the hunt for a lower-middle-market, back-office services business to acquire.
In an interview with Search Party, Koval notes the increasing competition to find deals in the vast US lower-middle-market, as well as the ubiquity of powerful business-outreach platforms that help deal searchers discover and contact business owners. The problem is, as every searcher has become armed with turbo-charged sourcing capabilities, business owners are becoming so inundated with inbound interest, their response rates have begun to p...2025-05-2913 minSearch PartyUpgrading the Finance Function: Critical for Lower-Middle-Market SuccessProfessionalizing the finance function of a lower-middle-market business is one of the most impactful forms of value-creation a new CEO can pursue, according to a panel of Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) market experts.
To learn the importance of the finance function in ETA investments, Search Party convened a conversation between Anthony Walker, Managing Partner at Next Coast Legacy, Sam Swan, CEO of TaskRay, Eric Lougher, CFO/COO of TaskRay, Emily Young, Transaction Advisory Manager at Boulay and Jake Bitz, Consulting Controller at Boulay. TaskRay is an ETA-backed SaaS company that saw its operations transformed when it brought on board...2025-05-1223 minSearch PartyInsurance Brokerages are 'Great' Targets for ETA SearchSmall insurance brokerages make for "great" Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition deals, provided the acquirer has a deep understanding of the industry, says August Felker, an ETA searcher turned CEO of Oberle Risk Solutions.
In an interview with Search Party, Felker shares his personal ETA journey to becoming the CEO of a leading lower-middle-market insurance brokerage, starting with being raised by a father who ran a St. Louis, Missouri, insurance brokerage. (Felker's grandfather also was an insurance broker).
Felker discovered the ETA model while working for two Stanford MBAs who had acquired a lower-middle-market logistics business, an experience that c...2025-04-2321 minSearch PartyLiving the ETA Investment Life Cycle with your LenderThe relationship between lender and lower-middle-market CEO is a critical factor in the success of ETA deals, say veterans of the Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition strategy. This episode of Search Party is about how to get the most from your lender over the lifecycle of an ETA investment, with expert commentary from Castle Capital Managing Partner and ETA veteran Chandos Mahon, Conor Tidgwell of Avidbank and Anthony Walker of Next Coast Legacy.
Central to the conversation is the story of the relationship between Avidbank's Tidgwell and Mahon, who as an ETA acquired, ran and ultimately sold a recycling business called Castle Tire...2025-04-1531 minSearch PartyColumbia ETA Club Co-Presidents: 'Emphasis on People' Drives Search-Fund GrowthAs a growing number of MBA students become interested in Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA), a proper understanding of the challenges involved in finding and running a business is essential, say Austin Fruchter and Rohit Datta, Co-Presidents of the Columbia Business School ETA Club.
The Columbia ETA Club provides students with exposure to the ETA process, connecting them with investors, operators, and service providers to better understand the search opportunity. “Search is a relatively lonely process,” says Datta, adding that the club also plays a crucial role in building a support network for students before and after they graduate.
Ove...2025-03-0620 minSearch PartyNew CEO, You Probably Don't Fully Understand SalesFailing to strengthen the sales function can undermine the growth of a newly acquired business, a CEO stumble made worse in a leveraged environment, three veterans of the lower-middle-market tell Search Party.
Founder-led small businesses often lack structured, scalable sales systems—and the ETA searchers-turned CEOs who acquire them must rapidly diagnose and improve how EBITDA is generated, according to a panel of experts convened for a Search Party conversation.
The need for a sales plan is of particular importance to Entrepreneurs-Through-Acquisition (ETA), who search for, acquire, and run lower-middle-market businesses, in most cases as fir...2025-03-0431 minSearch PartyInfranity, Sustainable Infrastructure Lender, Enters the North American MarketInfranity's ambitions to become a global player in the infrastructure debt market have advanced with the establishment of a US office. Cool Vector caught up with two Infranity partners to learn about the sustainable lending opportunity in North America, the risk-reward profile of co-location data centers and the limits of the energy transition.
Infranity, based in Paris, launched seven years ago in partnership with Italian insurer and asset manager Generali. The firm has a mandate to lend to the expanding infrastructure market in a way that supports sutainability goals, says Sacha Kamp, Investment Managing Director and Head o...2025-02-1715 min
Cool Cool CoolCeleb Demon Scale with Greta TitlemanLiz chats with Greta Titelman who you probably reconize from cult following shows like Los Espookys, Problemista and Searchparty. Liz and Greta talk about the "demon scale" of celebrity possesion, the tunnel conspiracy in LA and find out they went to the same school. Watch the episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lizculley Connect with Greta Titleman: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gertiebird Connect with Liz: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@listentoliz415 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/listentoliz/ , https://www.instagram.com/coolcoolcool/ Website: https://w...2025-02-1356 minSearch PartyThe Walk-On Linebacker who Grew His Business 24xShortly after acquiring security-camera service EyeQ Monitoring nine years ago, Markus Scott had no way of knowing he’d eventually grow revenue by a factor of 24. He was too busy dealing with “a whole list of terrible things” that indicated the business was doomed. In an interview with Search Party, Scott says, before detailing these tribulations: “This is the place where I should be pouring bourbon.”
Scott’s path to profitable growth is an Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) success story, but it started as a looming failure. The day the acquisition closed, the first-time CEO learned an employee had been accused...2025-02-1132 minSearch PartyKellogg ETA Club Co-Presidents: 'The Journey is Worth It'An increasing supply of investor capital is chasing business-school students contemplating ETA as a career, and "search-curious" MBA candidates should know the risks involved are manifold, but well worth the journey, according to Matthew Conley and Daniel Lazier, Co-Presidents of the Kellogg School of Management's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Club.
The Kellogg ETA Club was spun out of the school's private equity club in order to raise awareness of ETA, share best practices and help students self-reflect on whether their skills, personalities and life goals align with this non-traditional career path, say Conley and Lazier.
In...2025-01-0723 minSearch PartyWhen Quality-of-Earnings Reveals Cold, Hard TruthsBob Boniface and his ETA search partner went searching for a high quality, blue-collar business in the lower middle market, and found TransTech, a commercial driver's license (CDL) training business in North Carolina. The business had predictable revenue and competed in an essential, growing market. The seller was impressed with the research that Bob and his parter had done into the niche industry.
A letter of intent was issued, followed by a quality of earnings process. That's when the uncomfortable conversations began.
Quality of earnings is an early form of due diligence, the importance and util...2024-12-0935 minSearch PartyDeal Dynamics in the Lower-Middle-Market: Software, Commercial Services, BPOBusinesses acquired in the lower-middle-market at single-digit multiples of EBITDA can be sold for double-digit multiples, but only if the new owners improve operations and grow earnings, according to three veterans of the Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) search-fund market.
Multiples arbitrage, seller dynamics, buy-and-build opportunities and market mega-trends are attractive features of three industry sub-sectors discussed in this Search Party episode: software, commercial services and business process outsourcing (BPO).
While competition for deals remains fierce in the software lower-middle-market, there are "riches in the niches," says Anthony Walker, a Managing Partner at ETA private equity firm Next...2024-11-1443 minSearch PartyWomen in Search are Finding MomentumWomen are making gains toward substantial representation in the Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) community, and supporting each other along the way. In fact, 17% of ETA searchers in the market are now women. In a fascinating conversation, three ETA leaders compare notes about the appeal of the ETA search-fund career, the advantages women can have connecting with fellow entrepreneurs, and the challenges and misperceptions women confront in a male-dominated industry.
This episode of Search Party includes Audrey Kohout, CEO of ETA company Luggage Forward, Tatiana Gaspar, Director at ETA private equity firm Next Coast Legacy and Katie Walker, a Principal...2024-10-2836 minSearch PartyETA Searchers, Grit and Self-ActualizationA career move to the Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) search-fund market may result in any combination of bewilderment, disappointment, wealth creation and self-actualization, according to A. J. Wasserstein, a Senior Lecturer at the Yale School of Management.
Wasserstein, himself the builder of two successful businesses, has made entrepreneurship and the search fund community the subject of his teaching and academic work. As Search Party learned in a fascinating conversation, Wasserstein has developed frameworks not only about the potential of an ETA career to pave a way to self-determination and wealth, but to personal fulfillment, what psychologist Abraham Maslow calls...2024-10-1537 minSearch PartyMake Way for ETA: Dustin Sellers and Anthony Walker of Next CoastDustin Sellers and Anthony Walker, Managing Partners at leading Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) investment firm, Next Coast Legacy, share their personal career journeys through the finance industry to become leading practitioners of the ETA strategy, and comment on the exciting growth of the asset class, the attributes necessary for successful searchers, and the rigors of acquiring and running small- and medium-sized businesses.
Dustin, who specializes in mentoring searchers and first-time CEOs, shares the attributes necessary for ETA success, including a willingness to "chew off your own arm" to avoid losing money. He describes the challenge of identifying the right...2024-09-1341 min
Search PartySearch Party: A New Video-Podcast About Entrepreneurship-Through-AcquisitionFinancial journalist David Snow explains the impetus for the launch of Search Party, a new video-podcast featuring Next Coast Legacy Managing Partners Dustin Sellers, Anthony Walker and a rotating roster of expert guests.
On a regular basis, Search Party will delve into topics designed to elevate knowledge of the entrepreneurship-through-acquisition (ETA) strategy, a form of investing, value- and wealth-creation that is increasingly popular, especially across business-school networks.
Search Party topics will include models for the alignment of economic interests, deal-sourcing techniques, due diligence, methods for operational value-creation and financing strategies, among many others.
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HVG podcastokFülke: Kezdődik az olimpia – mire és kire figyeljünk oda?180 fős, évtizede nem látott nagyságú magyar csapattal veszi kezdetét az olimpia Párizsban. A covid utáni első játékok azonban nem kevesebb izgalmat tartogatnak: a szervezők a társadalmi ellenállás, a terrorveszély és a logisztika ördögével néznek szembe, de ha minden jól alakul, olyan helyeken láthatunk versenyeket, amit nehéz lesz elfelejteni.
Közéleti podcastunkban megnéztük, mire számíthatunk Párizstól, és mire a magyar sportolóktól: végigvettük a szervezés nehézségeit és a kulcshelyszíneket, megvizsgáltuk a magyar éremesélyeke...2024-07-2437 min
Fülke - a HVG közéleti podcastjaKezdődik az olimpia – mire és kire figyeljünk oda?180 fős, évtizede nem látott nagyságú magyar csapattal veszi kezdetét az olimpia Párizsban. A covid utáni első játékok azonban nem kevesebb izgalmat tartogatnak: a szervezők a társadalmi ellenállás, a terrorveszély és a logisztika ördögével néznek szembe, de ha minden jól alakul, olyan helyeken láthatunk versenyeket, amit nehéz lesz elfelejteni.Közéleti podcastunkban megnéztük, mire számíthatunk Párizstól, és mire a magyar sportolóktól: végigvettük a szervezés nehézségeit és a kulcshelyszíneket, megvizs...2024-07-2437 min
No OutletNo Outlet Presents the Top 5 Underrated Movies of all time!These movies had great writers, stars, ideas and were great works of art but they just didn't work. However, you should go back to these hidden gems and give them a chance as they are all amazing movies!
Listen to the end for a bonus TV show review and an original improvised song!
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Write Who You KnowEpisode 16 - Nicole DelaneyOn this episode of Write Who You Know, I sit down with my homie and network comedy collaborator, Nicole Delaney! Nicole is an awesome writer/director who has worked on TV shows like SEARCH PARTY, BIG MOUTH, BEL AIR, and THE AFTERPARTY. She has sold original network comedies with Lord/Miller at Fox, developed streaming comedies at Amazon, and is currently developing a new original series at FX. On top of that, Nicole's Tribeca Film Festival selection short-feature THIRSTY (starring Maya Rudolph and Jay Ellis) is streaming now on Hulu. Check it out! #wga #TV #searchparty #bigmouth #belair #theafterparty 2023-05-1753 min
You're Still Here?!?Personal CheatersSearchParty.com, Cool Summer Vacations & the Water Filter Scam"They just need to rename the Brita 'The Placebo' because it's just you thinking you're drinking filtered water. "Subscribe to the You're Still Here?!? Podcast and follow @AndyFrancess on social media.Support the showSubscribe to the You're Still Here?!? Podcast and follow @AndyFrancess on social media2023-04-2731 min
Infamous HorrorNoémie Merlant and Bess Wohl - Baby Ruby (Infamous Interviews Ep. 74)AJ Friar talks with filmmaker Bess Wohl and star Noémie Merlant about their new psychological horror movie Baby Ruby, what the horrors of pregnancy can really be like to a mother. How it was like working Kit Harrington and also Meredith Hagner who is hysterical in Search Party.
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El Siglo 21 es HoyLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of UsLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us¿Estás emocionado por la serie de televisión The Last of Us en HBO Max? ¡Este episodio del pódcast El Siglo 21 es Hoy, tecnología, ciencia y entretenimiento es perfecto para ti! Descubrirás detalles sobre la trama de la serie, los personajes principales y cómo se adapta a la narrativa del juego de Naughty Dog.Además, compararemos The Last of Us con otras series de televisión que también se desarrollan en un mundo postapocalíp...2023-01-1732 minEl Siglo 21 es HoyLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of UsLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us¿Estás emocionado por la serie de televisión The Last of Us en HBO Max? ¡Este episodio del pódcast El Siglo 21 es Hoy, tecnología, ciencia y entretenimiento es perfecto para ti! Descubrirás detalles sobre la trama de la serie, los personajes principales y cómo se adapta a la narrativa del juego de Naughty Dog.Además, compararemos The Last of Us con otras series de televisión que también se desarrollan en un mundo postapocalíp...2023-01-1732 minEl Siglo 21 es HoyLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of UsLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us¿Estás emocionado por la serie de televisión The Last of Us en HBO Max? ¡Este episodio del pódcast El Siglo 21 es Hoy, tecnología, ciencia y entretenimiento es perfecto para ti! Descubrirás detalles sobre la trama de la serie, los personajes principales y cómo se adapta a la narrativa del juego de Naughty Dog.Además, compararemos The Last of Us con otras series de televisión que también se desarrollan en un mundo postapocalíp...2023-01-1732 min@LocutorCo: Todos sus PodcastsLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of UsLa historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us¿Estás emocionado por la serie de televisión The Last of Us en HBO Max? ¡Este episodio del pódcast El Siglo 21 es Hoy, tecnología, ciencia y entretenimiento es perfecto para ti! Descubrirás detalles sobre la trama de la serie, los personajes principales y cómo se adapta a la narrativa del juego de Naughty Dog.Además, compararemos The Last of Us con otras series de televisión que también se desarrollan en un mundo postapocalíp...2023-01-1732 minIniciativa Pod Más The Last of Us - SerieEl Siglo 21 es Hoy - La historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of UsEl Siglo 21 es Hoy - La historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us
La historia detrás de Pedro Pascal y su papel en The Last of Us¿Estás emocionado por la serie de televisión The Last of Us en HBO Max? ¡Este episodio del pódcast El Siglo 21 es Hoy, tecnología, ciencia y entretenimiento es perfecto para ti! Descubrirás detalles sobre la trama de la serie, los personajes principales y cómo se adapta a la narrativa del juego de Naughty Dog.Además, comparar...2023-01-1732 min
Film is LitEp. 045 - HBO's Watchmen (Moore + Gibbons, 1986/ Lindelof, 2019) - PART IV**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL SPOILERS**
We have reached the end of Film is Lit Season 4! Let’s wrap it up with our fifth and final (maybe) episode discussing the series finale of Watchmen (Moore, 1986/ Lindelof, 2019). To add to this momentous occasion, we had a surprise guest drop in! Please welcome Michael Sciortino, who is such a huge fan of the property that he literally forced us to accommodate him on the pod…joke’s on him because we exposed him as a featured actor on another one of our favorite HBO shows, Search Party! So grab a mask a...2021-07-061h 50
Scars and GuitarsMiles Dimitri Baker (Interloper/ ex- Rings of Saturn)Miles and Interloper have crafted a killer album called Search Party, a prog infused metallic extravaganza which is very different from what he was doing in Rings of Saturn. We discuss the album, his thoughts on former bandmate Lucas Mann amongst plenty of other choice banter sure to please fans of killer new heavy metal 🤘
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The Chit ChatThe Movie Club - Run (2020) S2E49Sometimes there is too much of a good thing, and it looks like a mother love is no exception. Stephen and Sharon take a look at Aneesh Chaganty's "Run"
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Local Spins LiveThe Crane Wives speak out musically: Local Spins on WYCE (Story, podcast, video)The Grand Rapids folk-rock band unfurled two new songs on the radio show, which also aired new tracks by Pretoria, The Blue Pines, SearchParty and The War & Treaty. Listen to the radio podcast, watch the in-studio video.2018-09-0108 min