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Ep. 153: Blair Garrou, Mercury Fund | Operational Audits, Lean GTM Teams and Liquidity Planning
Season 4 Episode 57
On this episode, Blair Garrou, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mercury Fund, details the Mercury Method—a post-investment approach that borrows fr…
14 hours ago
Ep. 152: Jon Lange of THL Partners | Operational Support Models and AI's Impact Across the Portfolio
Season 4 Episode 57
On this episode, Jon Lange, Managing Director at THL Partners, unpacks how private equity firms decide when and how much operational support to deplo…
2 days, 14 hours ago
Ep. 151: Jim Toth, Riverside Acceleration Capital | Turning Data Into an Operating Advantage
Season 4 Episode 56
On this episode, Jim Toth, Managing Partner at Riverside Acceleration Capital, discusses how an in-house operating team works with portfolio companie…
1 week ago
Ep. 150: Doyl Burkett, Integrity Growth Partners | Building an AI Sourcing Engine
Season 4 Episode 55
On this episode, Doyl Burkett, Managing Partner and Founder at Integrity Growth Partners, joins the show to talk AI-native deal sourcing. Learn how a…
1 week, 2 days ago
Ep.149: Jesse Bendit, Apax Digital | Building an In-House Operating Team
Season 4 Episode 145
On this episode, Jesse Bendit, Principal at Apax Digital, joins the show to unpack how a private equity firm builds and funds a 30-person internal op…
2 weeks ago
Ep. 148: Dustin Ackerman, Future Standard | Mid-Market Secondaries and Growth at a Reasonable Price
Season 4 Episode 53
On this episode, Dustin Ackerman, Managing Director at Future Standard, joins Shiv Narayanan to discuss secondaries and backing GPs, including how to…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Ep. 147: Mike Esposito, Franchise Equity Partners | Box Economics and Multi-Unit Franchise Investing
Season 4 Episode 52
On this episode, Mike Esposito, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner at Franchise Equity Partners, unpacks why multi-unit franchise investing has staye…
3 weeks ago
Ep. 146: Shiv Narayanan of How To SaaS on Developing a GTM Strategy to Expand Geographically
Season 4 Episode 51
On this episode, Shiv Narayanan, Founder and CEO of How To SaaS, breaks down how to approach international and regional expansion as a growth lever, …
4 weeks ago
Ep. 145: Stephen Gold, Ethos Capital | Operator-Investors and the Acceleration Vector Methodology
Season 4 Episode 50
On this episode, Stephen Gold, Chief Value Creation Officer at Ethos Capital, unpacks how value creation in portcos changes when investment partners …
1 month ago
Ep. 144: Alex Abell. RCP Advisors | Evaluating Lower Middle Market Managers and Operational Value Creation
Season 4 Episode 49
On this episode, Alex Abell, Managing Partner at RCP Advisors, explains how fund of funds investors evaluate lower middle market managers—and why fun…
1 month, 1 week ago