0 Linking cash flows to exit price 3 12y
+18 Transitioning from M&A Law (midlevel associate) into Private Equity? 10 6y
0 Ex lawyer turned PE guy in need of career guidance 7 12y
+21 LBO assumptions question 8 12y
+19 E-Commerce Projections & Valuation 7 4y
+1 We're All Doomed. 6 12y
0 Fund Administration in PE 2 12y
0 Researching Film Funds/Slate Film Financing 3 6y
0 Tinicum 4 7y
+4 How big is "Upper Middle Market" 1 12y
+18 Messed up PE recruiting 6 12y
+23 Charlesbank Capital 19 3y
+51 Blackstone PE vs. other firms 19 10y
0 High School Entrepreneurs 2 6y
+16 Kauffman Fellowship - surprisingly no thread on this 8 6y
0 Where to meet co-founders? 5 6y
+6 Bain's Global PE Report 2014 2 12y
+144 Megafund chiefs make $500 million a year? 78 12y
0 Crescent Capital Model / Case Study 5 6y
+50 How does my resume look for future mega fund recruiting? 17 12y
+12 Blackstone REPE Summer Analyst interview London 14 6y
+44 My Experience Leaving the Buyside 7 12y
+4 Rule of 72 11 11y
0 BB ER --> HF or H/S/W MBA--> PE 5 12y
0 Quick Thoughts on LBO Model 6 12y
+31 "Blackstone Bill" legislation reintroduced 14 12y
+79 Summer 2015 PE Recruiting 96 11y
0 Non-traditional background into PE 3 12y
0 Golden Gate Capital - 2015 Associate Recruiting 3 12y
0 Are there more pre-MBA private equity positions avaliable than hedge fund positions coming from IB? 8 12y
0 Buyer of Private Equity positions 2 12y
+8 Anyone have any info on Trilantic Capital? 10 3y
+22 ~$350m Fund I - VP Carry? 15 12y
0 Moving Compensation 5 6y
0 Did anyone receive a final round invite from BX? 4 12y
0 Carlyle Group Fund Management Advice 2 10y
0 MLP IPO 0 12y
+2 Blackstone Sophomore Internship 2 12y
0 PE in Phoenix? 3 12y
0 Medley Capital - Interview Overview 0 12y
+10 Would you leave the city where your GF/friends/family for your dream job? 11 6y
0 How will YOU impact the world? 2 12y
+7 All about private equity???? 2 6y
0 Mckibben group client 9 12y
+3 CD&R 11 8y
0 Consulting to PE Operational Group/In-house Consulting 1 12y
0 PE Firm weird internship 10 12y
0 Staying on their radar 3 12y
0 GMAT instead of SAT on HH applications? 2 12y
0 Private equity "chat" 3 12y
0 Post MBA associate to PE FoF's / Secondaries? 1 11y
0 Best Megafund Groups 5 12y
0 Working at a Small Regional Office 2 6y
+21 Move into industry or stick to PE 5 6y
+27 List of PE firms in Singapore 23 6y
0 Franklin Square Capital Partners 6 11y
0 PE operating arm roles post consulting 0 6y
0 Downside market case for LBO debt 2 12y
0 PE search 2 6y
0 Typical package for companies' managers acquired by PE 5 12y
0 Masters of Accounting Degree (MACC) A way to break into PE, Hedge Funds, or IB? 5 12y
0 Recycling capital from distribution 0 12y
+127 Thinking like an Investor: The key financial metrics 40 6y
+20 Managment equity roll & promote - Cash-on-cash return & IRR 8 12y
0 Common in PE? 10 12y
+10 LBO Modeling Help! 2 12y
+84 PE and HF Headhunters 25 6y
+3 Nordic private equity compensation 1 2y
0 Do different recruiting firms talk to one another about specific candidates' fund preferences? 3 12y
+27 Circular references in LBO models 29 11y
0 Silver Lake (London) 4 6y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 6y
0 Cocktail events - anyone gotten invites? 1 12y
0 earlyshares.com Anybody can provide any color? 1 12y
+7 Do you use your work e-mail for PE recruiting? 11 12y
0 Headhunters in Miami/South Florida? 2 6y
0 Deals for Private Equity Firms 0 12y
0 PE firms that invest in Russia/Eastern Europe 6 6y
0 Absolute Return Capital Advisors LLC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 12y
0 Edifice Capital - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 12y
0 Teachers Private Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 12y
+1 Going public 1 12y
0 RDIF - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 12y
0 Light Beam Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 12y
0 Anyone here from Actis, Abraaj, ADB, IFC, Standard Bank, or Investec willing to share their experience? 0 12y
0 merger vs LBO model 6 9y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
+10 Factoring in dilution and stock options redemption costs in an LBO? 4 12y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
0 Lightbank - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 12y
+10 Petroleum Engineering to Energy Private Equity 3 12y
0 4C Ventures - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 12y
0 Best GS Groups for PE recruiting 9 12y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - US Fund Data 12y
0 First Reserve - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 12y
+13 LBO debt related quiz questions needing answers 5 6y
+7 Measuring reasonability of leverage and coverage ratios 0 12y
0 Bridge Financing 3 12y
+24 LBO deal: why use high yield debt? how are debt tranche splits arrived at? 7 12y

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