Comparing 2 Search Fund Offers

Needed some advice. Right now, I have 2 unpaid remote search fund offers: one from a company that has made acquisitions in the past. The other one is very new (opened <6 months ago).

Seems like a no-brainer to go with the first option, right? However, coincidentally, someone I knew did the search fund internship with them a while back and said that the boss is a real *****. But, for some reason, I still want to take that one. I feel like it'll be worth working through that because since the firm has made acquisitions in the past, I'll be more likely to see/work on an acquisition during the internship as opposed to just deal sourcing with the other one. Of course, I'd have to do a lot of deal sourcing with both options, but I feel like the first option would give me a better chance to get exposure to live deals.

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