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Are you an MBA student?
Have you ever contemplated owning and running your own business? Learn how to acquire an existing company and become a successful entrepreneur in our Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (EtA) program and discover how to find, finance, and manage a profitable SMB business that you can call your own.
Career Path: Become an owner-operator. Some students seek a corporate job after their MBA, some want more. The EtA program will show you how to use your MBA knowledge and professional experience to buy a business and become an operator.
Build inter-generational wealth: EtA is a unique and exciting opportunity for MBA graduates want to build wealth beyond an annual salary. The 2022 Stanford Search Fund report showed that exiting EtA CEOs had earned an average equity value of US$1.45M per year.
Email eta@ucalgary.ca for more information
Course Information
Recommended prerequisite
ENTI 601: Entrepreneurial Thinking & Innovation
Recommended supplementary courses
OBHR 647: Negotiations
FNCE 659: M&A
LAW 632: Entrepreneurial Law – UCalgary Faculty of law department
Recommended Books
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business Harvard Business Publishing Education
Practical Guide to Buying a Business A Practical Guide to Buying a Business - Second Edition: Locating a Business, Performing Due Diligence, Valuing the Enterprise, Raising Funds, and Closing the Deal by Robert J. Chalfin | Goodreads
Other Sources of Information
Other ETA Programs
Harvard HBS:Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition | HBS Course Catalog
UChicago-Booth: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Program - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (uchicago.edu)
MIT Sloan: Home - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Club | MIT Sloan School of Management
Wharton UPenn’s venture lab: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (upenn.edu)
Articles
What are Search Funds? https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/about/centers-institutes/ces/research/search-funds
Search Funds vs Startups https://www.toptal.com/finance/startup-funding-consultants/search-fund
Jim Stein Sharpe, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Arthur Rock Center, blogs about search and running SMEs
Buying an Existing Business from the US Small Business Administration is an introductory guide for those who are considering buying a business.
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