If we change out every "board" (no pun intended) in our companies over our ownership period -- is it the same company/ship when we exit?
Read MoreDevin sits down with Myra D’Souza to cover how to get into private equity from the HR side of the house; what PE firms do about human capital pre and post-deal; and how small companies can be better at talent management.
Read MoreAn introduction to customer analytics with Ben Falloon and Jake Petoskey. The first of several episodes tackling the tricky topic of building ground-up customer analytics and building market maps.
Read MoreJim talks with Andrea Goulet and M. Scott Ford from Corgibytes -- specialists in software remodeling. This is a continuing conversation on technical debt, the albatross around the neck of many companies.
Read MoreWe spend an hour talking with Anthony Onesto from the Konrad Group. We've known Anthony as a cutting-edge thinker in the Human Capital Management space for many years.
Read MoreLimited Partner, John McCarthy, is back for another book club episode. This time we talk about Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow -- and how it applies to private equity. Try listening to this episode with your System 2 thinking cap on.
Read MoreBy popular demand ... it's our annual March Madness Episode from two guys that know nothing about college basketball but love bracketology.
Read MoreJim spends an hour talking about Information Security with Evolve Security's CEO -- Paul Petefish. Everybody KNOWS that it's an important topic, but how does one get started figuring out where they stand from an InfoSec standpoint?
Read MoreJim, Devin and Ryan sit down to discuss why people are so bad at interviewing and what they did to fix their own mistakes.
Read MoreLimited Partner Mike McClure sits down for a discussion about the other side of the fundraising table. We cover: the first meeting, following up and what can set you apart from all the other GPs in the market.
Read MoreThe 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.
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