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Dynamite Circle vs Searchfunder
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Dynamite Circle
Founders of bootstrapped, profitable, location-independent businesses in software, e-commerce, services and media.
Searchfunder
Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market
Nội dung hồ sơ ghi nhận
- Role or title: Dynamite Circle: Business founder; freelancers, employees, multi-level marketers, C-suite executives, upper management and department heads are excluded; Searchfunder: No published role or title.
- Minimum company revenue: Dynamite Circle: At least US$100,000 per year in business revenue (standard DC membership); Searchfunder: No published minimum company revenue.
- Annual dues: Dynamite Circle: $697 a year; Searchfunder: $228 a year.
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| Dynamite Circle | Searchfunder | |
|---|---|---|
| Hồ sơ | ||
| Loại | Invitation-only community | Investment community |
| Thành lập | 2011 (Founded in 2011 by Dan Andrews and Ian Schoen, who had started the Tropical MBA podcast in 2009.) | Not documented |
| Trụ sở chính | Not documented | United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in 50+ countries and 200+ cities, with in-person meetups across seven continents and annual conferences in Bangkok and Mexico City. | Online, global; members are concentrated in the United States with regional discussion groups for other markets |
| Thành viên | 1,400as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed: Searchfunder states that "over 80% of those involved in searchfunds maintain a Searchfunder account" but publishes no member total |
| Chi hội | No formal chapters. The organization runs local meetups in cities including Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Tokyo, Barcelona and Portland, and states it holds 200+ in-person meetups a year. | Not applicable: Searchfunder is an online platform with no chapters |
| Primary audience | Founders of bootstrapped, profitable, location-independent businesses in software, e-commerce, services and media. | Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market |
| Thành viên điển hình | Members are business owners rather than freelancers or executives, running bootstrapped companies with consistent recurring revenue above US$100,000 a year; the premium tier is limited to founders above US$1 million. | Members are searchers pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition, search fund and independent sponsor investors, lenders, brokers and service providers. The site notes that many members come from dedicated ETA programmes at Harvard Business School, Stanford GSB and Chicago Booth, while also saying that searching is no longer limited to those routes. |
| Qualification | ||
| Vai trò hoặc chức danh | Business founder; freelancers, employees, multi-level marketers, C-suite executives, upper management and department heads are excludedCertain professional categories are also excluded, specifically coaching, consulting and recruiting.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | No published role or title |
| Doanh thu tối thiểu của công ty | At least US$100,000 per year in business revenue (standard DC membership)The organization also requires consistent recurring revenue rather than one-off income.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Applicants confirm they meet six published requirements, agree to the code of conduct and submit an application with written answers about themselves and their business. A team member reviews each application personally and notifies the applicant within 48 business hours. DC BLACK adds a discovery call with the founder and revenue verification through a signed profit-and-loss statement, followed by facilitator-led placement into a mastermind group. Referrals from current members are encouraged. | Users register an account directly on the site. A free account gives limited access; a paid subscription unlocks the member directory, the search fund list, research reports, contact credits and posting rights. No sponsorship, interview or committee review is described. |
| Selectivity | "Only a fraction of applicants are accepted", per the requirements page; no acceptance rate is published. | Not publicly disclosed: no vetting or approval process is described on the public pages |
| Chi phí | ||
| Phí thành viên hằng năm | $697 a yearStandard DC membership: "$697 per year - one-time annual payment", covering the online community, app and free local meetups.verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | $228 a yearAnnual subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$19 / month" billed annually, $228 for twelve monthsverified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Phí hội viên hàng tháng | Not publicly disclosed | $79 a monthMonthly subscription, quoted on the homepage as "$79 / month"verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ |
| Phí gia nhập | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed: no joining fee is published; basic registration appears to be freeverified September 2026 |
| Chi phí sự kiện | Not publicly disclosed in aggregate. The events page states that local meetups and Juntos are typically free, and that "Global conferences and retreats have ticket prices that are listed on each event page".verified September 2026 · nguồn ↗ | Prices are as published on the Searchfunder homepage. The annual figure is derived from the site's own "$19 / month" annual-billing quote. |
| Membership term | Annual | Monthly or annual subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase; continuous accounts over four years convert to permanent access |
| Cấu trúc | ||
| Meeting frequency | 200+ local meetups a year plus 13+ organised events annually; DC BLACK masterminds meet monthly | No organisation-run meeting calendar; members post and attend third-party events such as the Stanford and IESE search fund conferences |
| Peer forums | Online community and mobile app for all members; DC BLACK members are placed in facilitated mastermind groups of five to seven peers matched by track | Public and topic-based online discussion threads, including geography-specific groups; no confidential small-group forums |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed beyond a published code of conduct | Could not be independently verified: much of the platform's content is public and no confidentiality regime is published |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Forum-based | Virtual, Event-focused |
| Các diễn đàn đồng cấp bảo mật | Yes | Partial |
| Các chi hội địa phương | Partial | No |
| Thành viên trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Cộng đồng trực tuyến | Yes | Yes |
| Danh bạ thành viên | Yes | Yes |
| Sự kiện | Yes | Partial |
| Lập trình | ||
| Chương trình giáo dục | Partial | Partial |
| Phát triển lãnh đạo | Partial | No |
| Hội nghị thường niên | Yes | No |
| Du lịch | Partial | No |
| Chương trình dành cho gia đình | No | No |
| Chương trình dành cho vợ/chồng và đối tác | Not documented | No |
| Lập trình thế hệ tiếp theo | No | No |
| Thảo luận về đầu tư | Partial | Yes |
| Cơ hội đầu tư | No | Yes |
| Thành phần từ thiện | Not documented | No |
| Trọng tâm kết nối | High | High |
| Trọng tâm xã hội | High | Low |
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