Podcast Episodes

Parker Gals | Trust Over Transactions: The Heart of Private Equity (w/ Nori Welles-Gertz, ParkerGale)

What does it really take to build trust in private equity over a five-to-seven-year hold?

Cass sits down with her colleague Nori Welles-Gertz, a prin…

9 hours ago

The Deal Closed. Now What?

Investment diligence is all about answering two questions: Do we want to own this business? And what would we do with it if we did?

But then the deal…

5 days, 9 hours ago

Parker Gals | Building a Med Spa Roll-Up from Scratch (w/ Amanda Blank, Founders Beauty Group)

First, she sketched a med spa roll-up on maternity leave. Then, several law firms said it couldn't be done. Now? She owns five practices.

Cass sits d…

1 week ago

11 Years as a PE-Backed CFO: What Sponsors Actually Want (w/ Jon Apter, Accordion)

He left private equity, took a 75% pay cut, and joined a 12-person startup that was still finding its footing. Now, Jon Apter helps oversee 1,600 emp…

1 week, 5 days ago

Parker Gals | From Advising to Investing: Building a Career in PE (w/ Katie Yuan, Hg Capital)

What does it take to move from banking to the buyside, and what do you have to figure out once you're there?

Liz sits down with Katie Yuan, a private…

1 week, 5 days ago

Relationships are the Atomic Unit of Deal Flow (w/ Ken Fine, CEO of Affinity)

We built our sourcing model around one goal: know every owner of every software company long before they decide to sell. Ken Fine, Affinity's CEO, jo…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Parker Gals | How a College Point Guard Built a PE Career (w/ Brogan Magnarelli, Riverspan Partners)

Cass sits down with Brogan Magnarelli, Principal at Riverspan, to talk about her untraditional path into private equity — from point guard at Harvard…

3 weeks ago

Diminishing Returns to Scale in Private Equity (w/ Andrew Akers, PitchBook)

Devin's mom's only instruction to her financial advisor was "the number should never go down." Downside protection is often the most attractive part …

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Parker Gals | Why Private Equity is for Everyone (w/ Jessica Patton, 5th Century Partners)

What does it look like to "plant seeds" so aggressively that serendipity starts looking like a strategy? This week on Parker Gals, Cass sits down wit…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Building Your 2027 AI Budget (w/ Justin D'Onofrio, Accordion)

Corporate AI spend in 2026 looked like a teenager loose at the mall with their parents' credit card. No policy, no budget, no discipline about what w…

1 month ago