The latest episode in our Fundraising series. We spend an hour talking with John Cosgrove from Beartooth Advisors - the team that worked as our agents on the ParkerGale fund.
Read MoreJim and Devin spend an hour talking with Jay Bartlett and Scott Orleck from Parthenon-EY. They share their experiences tackling questions working with us around market sizing, growth rates, cyclicality, and the competitive landscape.
Read MoreThis episode starts off where we left our intrepid heroes just after their first close in September, 2015. Come have a listen as we talk about our decision to hire a placement agent and our marathon of trips in late winter/early spring in pursuit of capital.
Read MoreDevin and Jim spend an hour talking about the strategy and tactics of raising ParkerGale's first fund. This episode covers the pre-launch up to the fund's first close.
Read MoreOur exhaustive review of the fundraising process for ParkerGale's first fund. We cover the strategy for launching the fund as well as the tactics we used to raise $240 million.
Read MoreAfter three years working with the ParkerGale team at our old firm and spending two years getting my MBA, I decided to re-join the team. Here is why.
Read MoreWe all know there are tons of Private Equity funds. So what are the ways they try to stand out from the crowd? We cover the four biggies: Focus, Size, Sourcing and Team.
Read MoreDevin and Jim discuss the seven deadly sins of private equity -- sins that will turn a good deal into a bad deal.
Read MoreDevin interviews podcast darling Kevin Fitzgerald on his return to private equity after two years at Harvard Business School.
Read MoreDevin sits down with Dave Will, the founder of Peach New Media,a software company he founded, bootstrapped and recently sold to AccelKKR.
Read MoreDevin and Jim talk about Unicorns -- not the mythical horse witha horn, but rather the club of billion-dollar-plus tech companies. How is this market different than the late 90s? How do Unicorns affect buyouts and smaller companies, both positively and negatively?
Read MoreDevin and Jim welcome their partner Kristina to her first podcast where they talk about how to run a good board meeting. Who to invite, what to cover, what to avoid and how to manage your PE board members.
Read MoreThis year we are starting with the Elite Eight and working our way down to one winner. It's EBITDA Multiples versus Revenue Multiples, Debt versus No Debt, Private Equity Owned Businesses versus Founder Owned Businesses and Backing the Founder versus Bringing in your own CEO.
Read MoreDevin sits down with Chris Morgan, the founder of Lantern Partners, an executive search firm focused on hiring C-Suite executives at PE-backed companies. We cover how to get in the candidate flow, what characteristics are required for the job, how much you will get paid and other lessons from our collective experience looking for and hiring management teams.
Read MoreCass Gunderson was at ParkerGale as an Associate so we check in with her about how she landed the job, what she did before she joined us and talk about her early reactions to the new job.
Read MoreSecond part of our two-episode series on the Operating Partner role in private equity. In this second episode Devin and Jim talk about engaging with the portfolio companies and their management teams on projects and initiatives.
Read MoreFirst part of a two-part episode focused on the vaunted Operating Partner role in private equity. In the first part, Devin talks to Jim about his experiences as an operating partner within a private equity group -- dealing with the other partners, working on deal teams, etc.
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