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What It Amounts To
Three catalogued ETA courses, three named faculty, and grants for the search after graduation.
At a Glance
- Courses
- 3 named courses, below.
- Club
- An ETA club running a year-long lunch-and-learn series with searchers, investors and lenders.
- Money
- Five competitive $5,000 grants toward a search after graduation.
- Conference
- Co-hosts the Southeast ETA Conference with three other schools; the 2026 edition meets at Duke.
The Classes
- Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (GBUS 8629)
- Tactical Topics for Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (GBUS 8509)
- Acquisition of Closely-Held Enterprises (GBUS 8106)
Who teaches and leads it
- Lester F. Alexander III, John Glynn Endowed Professor and Professor of Practice
- Hunter Reichert and Randolph Seibert, adjunct lecturers
What Else It Runs
- Independent studies with faculty mentorship, for students searching while still enrolled.
- An internship programme with matching grants that covers search funds and recently acquired companies.
- A speakers programme and an alumni network for students heading into a search.
Open to readers outside the school
- A regional conference written for mid-career professionals as well as for students.
Where to Look
Other Schools
Stanford GSBHarvard Business SchoolChicago BoothCase Western WeatherheadKelloggRice BusinessWhartonDartmouth TuckUT Austin McCombsMIT SloanWashU OlinDuke FuquaGeorgetown McDonoughColumbia Business SchoolNYU SternYale SOM
The Intern & Job Board carries the programmes that pay a salary to search, and Investor Match the firms that fund one. What a student group runs on is in the club kit.