Should first-time searchers target long-holds?

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The "long term hold” strategy is one that has received an increasing amount of attention within the acquisition entrepreneurship ecosystem of late. To further explore this thesis, I was joined by Zac Carman, CEO of ConsumerAffairs.com for 14+ years. In our discussion, we unpack Zac’s long-term-hold strategy and discuss the extent to which it was deliberate or emergent, how he has managed liquidity requirements for both himself and his investors, the commercial and personal reasons why a LTH strategy makes sense for him, and if he thinks it makes sense for an entrepreneur to target a LTH strategy before acquiring their first company.