+8 Trading stocks while working at a PE firm? 9 9y
0 Can anyone provide some context on Newbury Partners? 2 7y
0 Starr Investment Holdings 1 9y
0 Infrastructure Advisory -> Infrastructure PE / Infra Funds Management? 2 9y
0 Realistic? 0 9y
+176 Q&A: Went from Community College & Fast Food with a 2.8 GPA to one of the most active PE funds in the world within 3 years. 59 3y
+23 $125k - the New PE Standard? 6 7y
+16 MBB (incl. PE advisory) or Lower MM PE? 2 6y
+29 Post MBA comp 9 7y
+61 An Ocean of Capital: Saturation in Private Equity 17 7y
+3 Iconiq Strategic Partners - Short Notice interview prep! 0 9y
+4 Anyone go from IB associate to a venture fund? 3 9y
+24 Consultant friendly MM PE firms 14 6y
+11 Space fund development efforts in 2017? 3 9y
0 Sandton Capital 5 4y
0 ML has a legit PE investment platform?? 0 9y
+24 'How PE funds can overstate LP returns by up to 50 pct' 9 9y
+24 Industry Specific PE Comp - PE Experts Help Me Out! 3 9y
+100 Thank you WSO Community! Q&A/My Story: Target --> State School --> Non-MBA Masters --> MM IB --> Lower MM PE 13 9y
0 Follow Boss or go off on my own? Experienced advice needed 1 9y
0 Genstar Capital 2 9y
+1 What kind of opportunities does a Private Equity Internship open? 1 7y
0 How to get a PE firm to hire you into a portfolio company? 0 9y
0 LSEG Graduate Programme Telephone Interview 1 6y
0 Lower MM PE vs Co-Investment PE 1 9y
+32 Future of Placement Agents 2 9y
+19 Impact Investing 3 9y
+52 Summer 2018 PE Recruiting has begun 51 9y
+3 Any Insight on Public Pension Capital? 2 1y
+19 Help Me, Please! Hoping on a flight to NYC! 7 6y
+36 Networking With Potential Buy-Side Parties? 11 9y
+37 Trouble with recruiting 8 6y
0 How is Carlyle Strategic Partners? 0 6y
+81 29yr Unpaid Year in PE? 24 3y
+43 "How Much Debt Can the Company Support" Question in Growth Capital Modeling Test 12 3y
0 Undergraduate in Shanghai, intern in a Private Equity seeking advice, feel lost. 1 3y
0 PE recruiting question 1 9y
+25 2 hour LBO modeling test. How simplified can the model be? 8 8y
0 2017 Summer Internship 1 9y
0 Remote PE Internship: is this real? 5 9y
0 Remote Private Equity Summer Analyst: is this real? 2 9y
+38 Need LBO Model Help 13 9y
+7 Differences between BB PE funds and independent ones 5 9y
+1 Consultant friendly PE shops? 4 3y
0 Why do people want to do A&D investing? 1 9y
+21 Crowdsourcing Private Equity Cases 0 9y
0 Technical Question: Depreciation/Half-Year Convention 2 9y
+14 How to contact headhunters and what to include in your resume? 10 3y
0 Kelso & Company: Interview and Company Info? 0 9y
+38 Who are the top MM PE funds 17 9y
+34 Venture Debt/Lending Industry and Career Opportunities 14 4y
+3 Insight Equity in Dallas? 0 6y
0 HELP: Business School convo with head of group at mega fund 3 9y
0 Pine Brook Partners 1 9y
+10 Direct Secondaries 2 2y
+12 Closing mechanism - effects on model 0 9y
+13 What am I doing wrong 6 9y
0 KKR Summer Associate Superday 2 9y
0 Anyone have insights on Lindsay Goldberg and General Atlantic? 3 9y
0 What does the Business Development Department of a PE Firm do? 2 7y
+6 Has everyone gotten emails yet 3 9y
+19 Thoughts on BC Partners / Apax 16 5y
+17 Off-cycle PE recruiting 24 9y
0 TA Associates Question 0 9y
+16 Private Equity vs. M&A in 2017 5 8y
0 Written test of a distressed fund (SSGAsia) 0 6y
0 Seller Notes modeling 3 9y
0 Delete 0 8y
+26 Size of Deals on Resume for PE Recruiting 16 3y
+19 Thoughts on Terra Firma? 26 3y
+24 Meeting PE Partner at His Office 11 9y
0 Lump sum payment of land + building + Equipment. Can you amortize loan for land and depreciate for building and equipment? 0 9y
0 Interview coming up soon with Coller Capital 1 3y
+11 Macquarie MIRA in Australia? 14 3y
0 Good place to pitch for private investment? 0 6y
+4 Paper LBOs 5 8y
0 Salary Progression 4 6y
+4 [Law in PE] What does the legal team of a private equity firm do? 2 9y
0 Does it matter if target LBO firm has a shit ton of debt? 3 9y
0 Transaction Services to Corp Dev 0 9y
0 Any hacks for finding out who the headhunter is representing? 1 9y
+20 Electricity Market Policy/Design -> Solar/Utilities Private Equity? 5 6y
0 Buy side recruiting--implications of hedge funds starting? 0 9y
+121 Didn't get paid a bonus as a PE Associate... 43 6y
0 Blackstone Summer Associate 0 9y
+11 Need Help Understanding Complicated Sources and Uses w/ Equity Rollover being Manipulated 1 9y
0 2017 On-Cycle IBD=>PE Timing 0 9y
+3 Series 52 1 9y
0 Newbie in PE 0 9y
+1 Computer Science Minor? 1 9y
+38 Escape Club / Exit Hatch 9 7y
+8 Blackstone 1 9y
+30 Call for advice from PE professionals - Undergraduate hopeful in distress 8 3y
+889 Overview of Infrastructure Private Equity 124 10mo
0 For the twats that email me about internships and want an informational interview... 1 9y
+17 Best approach to estimate sale value? 6 9y
+229 Best day of my life. I broke into PE coming from Community College. Here is my story. 39 6y
0 Axial Cost 4 8y
0 PE -> Real Estate PE 0 9y
+14 Currently recruiting for PE, did not receive a return offer from Top BB over summer 2 9y

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