0 Arsenal Capital / Avista Capital 4 2y
0 American Capital Securities 1 11y
+4 Milestone Partners? 2 11y
+27 A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff 2 12y
0 Entrepreneur > MBA > PE... Any chance? 3 12y
+16 Implications of LBOing a high growth company 10 11y
+31 Megafund Hours 22 5y
+36 Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: A book review. 3 12y
0 Do PE firms give laptops ? 5 12y
+21 Starting as a Private Equity Analyst in Asia (Singapore, HK) 7 6y
0 [Question] comparable companies analysis 2 11y
0 Can you demonstrate value to a potential PE fund instead of sending over resume? 1 12y
0 Venture Debt/Lending companies 5 11y
+21 Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs 1 6y
0 Corporate Strategy Analyst at BB Seeking Advice 1 11y
+10 Apollo vs Creditors - Caesar's Entertainment 2 12y
+15 PE Recruiting in Europe and Asia 10 6y
+14 Addressing concern with boss & got owned 8 12y
+54 Mugged too often - Need advice on exit opportunities 29 6y
0 PE Interviewing Pre-MBA Recommendations 4 12y
0 Blackstone Internal Mobility 4 12y
+95 Observations of a PE Analyst 21 6y
0 MM/Upper MM PE comp 1 12y
0 ThomsonOne Private Equity -- IRR benchmarking question 0 12y
0 Anyone have any insight on this group? 3 12y
0 Corp Dev / Strategy at PE / HFs 0 12y
+39 Substituting Law School for MBA? 12 12y
+21 Networks. Unbundling. Smartphones. Fred Wilson’s Talk at LeWeb 2 6y
+31 Starting a mezz fund 10 11y
0 Moving up in a young firm? Advice needed 4 12y
+19 PE Debt Fund Interview Case Study 4 12y
0 Discretionary Purchases (PE LPs, GPs) 1 12y
+8 SBIC Associate Job - All Feedback appreciated 15 11y
0 Capital Markets 2nd Year Analyst shooting for PE: Take 3rd year IBD or lateral? 11 12y
+47 Given that you go to a good school, why not go directly to PE instead of IBD first? 23 12y
0 Looking for Data on New PE Firms 3 12y
+257 Why does everyone want Private Equity? 160 9y
0 Benefit to second year in IB? 2 12y
+48 Complicated sources and uses (?) - many moving parts 26 11y
+5 Entry/Exit Multiple (low vs. High) 9 12y
+66 Starting in MM PE soon 49 5y
+18 BB Corp Banking -> Boutique IBD -> PE? 5 1y
0 Networking Conundrum 4 12y
0 How to value bank loan of a distressed privately held company? 1 12y
0 KarpReilly 2 12y
+16 New Investment Product Launched by KKR 5 6y
+25 Sourcing a company in exchange for an internship... Possible? 4 6y
0 Lazard Fund Advisory Group - analyst interview 3 11y
+55 Private Equity Portfolio companies 22 12y
+40 Secondary Buyouts? 13 12y
+11 Union Square Ventures (USV) Analyst 6 11y
0 Question to all internationals working in US PE firms 0 12y
0 Comparing compensation between cities 2 6y
0 Private Equity Manager Reviews 0 12y
0 Question on mechanics of private equity fund manager compensation 4 12y
0 How easy is it to hop over to a different PE firm once you break in? 0 12y
+70 MM to PE - the impossible; thoughts? 64 6y
+6 Bain Cap Ventures - As great as it seems? 9 7y
+7 Monomoy Capital Partners 18 2y
0 Best PE questions as interviewer 0 12y
0 PE/Mezz from a bank (not ibank) 3 11y
0 Fundraising Role - Seeking Advice 22 10y
+26 PE Analyst Program Thread 31 6y
+82 bain capital vs. apollo 55 3y
+28 Who Wants To Run with the Bulls? 28 8y
0 How to motivate outside legal counsel to get us deal docs faster? 5 12y
+24 KKR/Platinum Equity/Ares/Bain Capital 12 6y
0 New Private equity firm 6 12y
0 Raising money with smoke and mirrors 1 12y
0 PE Offer vs. Current buyside Role - Thoughts Appreciated 3 12y
0 PE Analyst at PE shop vs investment analyst at big insurance co specializing in PE 3 12y
0 meaningful list of private equity firms 3 12y
+4 Fortress Email Format 2 12y
0 Identify drivers that determine success of start-ups in Big-data space 0 12y
0 Private Funds Group vs. LevFin? 2 12y
+84 Asia Pacific Private Equity Insights 42 6y
+30 HELP - Lower MM PE Compensation 17 6y
0 Mezz Fund Portfolio Management position? 5 12y
+15 Healthcare Consulting to PE? 5 12y
0 Thoughts on Crowd funding 1 12y
0 Margin of Safety in LBO Model 2 12y
+20 Interviews: Doing Magic Trick 19 12y
0 African infrastructure companies databases 0 6y
0 PE Case Study (Would anyone like to review/critique?) 21 9y
+13 Energy IBD to Generalist Private Equity? 3 6y
0 9 Months into my IB job, looking at next steps 0 6y
0 Internship Choice 7 6y
0 BB IB - > Middle Market PE 1 11y
0 Dual Track: PE/HF and Better IBD with Headhunters 2 12y
+17 Petroleum Engineer Interested in Oil and Gas Private Equity 5 6y
+22 EBITDA Multiple method 11 12y
0 Top Analyst 3 12y
0 Inverness Graham Investments 1 12y
0 Opinion on this PE job? 3 12y
0 Should I do it? 7 12y
+25 GoBuyside Apt Test 48 5y
+5 bottom up 4 11y
+11 How to make more investment banker contacts when you work in private equity? 4 6y
0 Recruiting advice needed 1 6y
+74 Bonus Bananas March 21, 2014 46 12y

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