Private Equity FunCast

By ParkerGale CapitalBusiness Technology Investing

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Private Equity FunCast episodes

August 21, 2015 Lessons from Amazon's Culture Clash
Devin and Jim discuss the New York Times Amazon article. Is driving your people into the ground the only way to build successful technology companies? Is the CEO the last to know when it comes to company culture issues, or are they just turning a blind eye?
50 min
August 13, 2015 After the Letter of Intent: Everything that a Founder Needs to Know
Jim talks with Ryan Milligan about all the different steps in closing a deal after the Letter of Intent gets signed. Everything that a Founder needs to know, but was afraid to ask. Customer calls, references, accounting audits, purchase agreements and lender meetings -- we tackle it all and more.
58 min
August 06, 2015 Dominate a Niche or Build a Better Mousetrap
Jim and Devin discuss the two types of companies that we see in the middle market. You can either dominate a niche market (such as software targeted at specific verticals) or you can build a better mousetrap and try to capture the entire market.
50 min
July 30, 2015 Public Investors vs. Private Investors -- Who is Smarter?
Ryan Milligan joins Jim and Devin to talk about Unicorns and argue about whether the public markets are smarter than the private markets. For the founder with a business between $3 - $5 million of EBITDA we answer the mult-million dollar question: Is it time to sell? Ryan discloses that he'd invest in the next round of PiedPiper, while Devin would rather own Hooli stock.
50 min
July 24, 2015 More Product Management Fun with Grant Hunter
Jim talks in detail with Grant Hunter about the Product Manager role in middle market companies.
52 min
July 16, 2015 Introduction to Product Management with Grant Hunter
A gentle introduction to product management with Grant Hunter.
49 min
June 30, 2015 Innovator's Dilemma Meets the Blue Ocean
Jim and Devin discuss the Innovator's Dilemma and Blue Ocean Strategy as it relates to middle market portfolio companies.
58 min
June 22, 2015 Apple's 2015 WWDC Summary
Jim talks with Evan Delaney about his trip to Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in SF.
46 min
June 12, 2015 A Micro Discussion About Microservices
Devin and Jim talk about the role of leveraging microservices development in middle market companies, mixing classic development with microservices -- with proper shout outs to Martin Fowler, Conway's Law and a small sidebar into Game of Thrones.
30 min
June 04, 2015 What Private Equity Can Learn From Venture Capital (Episode 61)
Devin and Jim discuss the corollary to Fred Wilson's "What VC can learn from Private Equity".
41 min

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Your favorite GP's favorite podcast. Occasionally insightful, always entertaining. Deep dives into how private equity works, what happens after the deal closes, how money gets raised, and how companies get bought and sold. And everything in between with healthy doses of pop culture and humor. Straight from the team at ParkerGale Capital.