Part 0
Orientation
Where the curriculum starts: the three careers that get lumped together as search, the record of the person teaching, and the rules every number on this site has to follow before it is stated.
Read This First
- L0.1.1
Three Vehicles, Three Careers
Self-funded search, traditional funded search and the independent sponsor model are three different careers, not three ways to finance the same one. The vehicle you choose determines the destination, the economics, and the kind of mistake that can end it.
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The Author's File
The founder's record, stated plainly as the teaching license: ten years in the Air Force, an MBA, big tech, a self-funded search, a two-company acquisition that failed, a business bankruptcy and settlement, and the rebuild as an independent sponsor.
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How This Curriculum Works
Every lesson is built in four blocks: the doctrine, the failure case that proves it, the machine that executes it, and the artifact you leave with. Every figure carries a year and a primary source or a folklore tag, and loan performance is never confused with owner outcomes.
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