0 Clients for CarterPierce? 5 6y
+19 How to have it all and blow it with greed 7 11y
+8 Trying to choose an Expert Network - Need Advice/Feedback 9 5mo
0 CIRA on resume? 2 11y
+51 Sourcing Deals - Analyst 29 11y
0 From loan capital markets to private equity/investment banking 0 11y
+10 Current Capital LLC 10 11y
+20 why is EV/EBITDA very high for online companies? 12 11y
+5 Oncap (Toronto PE) 5 7mo
+10 Monthly LBO model 1 11y
0 Where to move? 1 yr PE Secondaries exp. 2 10y
+49 No Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)! 15 11y
0 Versa Capital Management? 4 8y
0 Private Debt Fund Internships - Startdate ASAP 0 6y
0 Difference between growth funds 0 6y
0 Got 1 hour with a managing partner of a major PE. How do I kill it? 2 11y
0 [ISSUE 36] - Interesting Things... 2 11y
+43 Bombed a PE Modelling Test - Should message the interviewers explaining myself? 20 4y
0 Prudential Capital Group Assessment Test 58 5y
0 How to be promoted to Partner? 1 11y
0 Private Equity after Medical School: Possible or a pure Utopia? 2 11y
0 Start-Up HELP! 1 2y
0 Direct Lending Interview Questions - What to expect? 4 7y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 11y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 11y
0 Debt fund returns / IRR 10 6y
+1 Beware GoBuyside 3 8y
0 Starting directly in PE from grad school 0 6y
+13 PE at Abraaj vs. Corporate Development in US 3 6y
0 The Never Ending Debate with Nuclear Reactors for the Environment 0 6y
0 Researching Firms 0 11y
0 Private Equity Associate Off Cycle Recruiting 8 11y
0 Relationship Manager ->Actuarial Analyst -> PE analyst offer(24 Yo). What now? 0 6y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 11y
0 PE Asset Management/ FoF / Consulting - Career Path 3 10y
+32 PE Investment Memo Examples? 14 1y
0 Not the usual transition question 2 11y
+22 PE Funds That Sponsor MBA 22 9y
0 2nd Round coming up - HELP! 2 11y
0 Need Case Studies 0 11y
+9 How to talk with the VP, super fan of the LOTR and GOT 5 11y
0 Fund closing 8 months into my time there vol: what next 2 11y
+8 Excel fiancial model 8 11y
+10 What's the point of "breaking in" when you'll most likely just get spit back out? 22 11y
0 Boutique PE firms 8 11y
+9 Moving from LA Boutique to NY PE 3 6y
+25 PE first round interview at mega fund 22 6y
0 Modeling debt paydown monthly 7 11y
0 African debt financing 3 11y
0 Best Study Guides 4 11y
+89 PE Networking 78 11y
+26 JD/MBA trying to break into PE 8 11y
0 Relativity Media Bankruptcy - Who's Getting Out Alive? 0 6y
0 PE part-time gig interview prep 0 11y
+24 No "on the job" modeling experience 24 11y
0 Affinity Equity Partners 0 11y
+16 Rice University, masters in Energy Economics 15 9y
0 Consultant Ding in Future? 2 11y
+27 Questions from a top PE fund interview 10 11y
+18 Transforming a Deal into a Job 11 11y
0 Seeking for Career Advice 5 6y
0 Calculating cash returned from an IRR value? 2 11y
+8 Advice on career move 2 6y
0 Looking for an internship in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) while doing a MSc, any advice? 2 6y
0 Private Equity Attractiveness Ranking 0 11y
+46 PE Recruiting - Soft Skills 18 11y
+82 Private Equity - No IBD? 38 6y
+18 Cleantech IB (and exit to PE, perhaps) 12 8y
0 EY FSO PE Assurance or Structured Finance - path towards PE 1 7y
+4 Do your offices let you expense beers when you order food at night? 3 11y
+20 Raising funds: how to ascertain? 11 11y
0 Determining the global economic scenario in LBO 4 11y
0 Paul Pignataro's "Leveraged Buyout" - Is it worth it? 9 11y
0 2nd round interview - Case study - thoughts? 2 8y
+23 (Fixed) Would you join a Canadian pension funds direct equity team when already at a traditional PE shop 7 6y
+39 Q&A: Operational Due Diligence Analyst 10 9y
0 Moving from East Coast to West Coast 11 6y
+19 Carlyle DC Office 6 6y
+57 [Urgent] PE Associate Non-Compete Clause 51 6y
0 Tsing Capital 0 6y
0 Moving to the Southeast - Any advice for job hunting 17 11y
+10 Operating Model vs. DCF 3 11y
+24 KKR - Latest buyout fund? 28 8y
0 Third Round Interview - NEED HELP! 6 11y
+2 Differences between BainCap vs. KKR vs. Advent vs. BC Partners 1 6y
+15 Fund of Funds (FOF) return on investment 2 11y
+30 M5 MBA IB Associate exit opportunities to PE 17 11y
0 Carry not in writing 2 11y
+25 Non-Compete Agreement? 23 6y
+16 direct lending vs. corporate banking 3 6y
+36 2nd PE Associate Gig 9 6y
0 PE house (family owned and sharia compliant) or Investment Banking (deal side) 0 6y
+32 Business School or Straight to PE from Elite Boutique 7 11y
+15 buyside recruitment modeling test 1 11y
+23 How to become irreplacable? 6 11y
0 Pay for Sector Focused PE firms vs. Banking 7 11y
+19 Work at lower-mm firm but working on mega fund size deal 4 11y
+32 Friend of mine wants to build a next-generation film finance company 9 11y
+20 post money enterprise value 7 11y
+21 Private Equity is not necessarily seeking CFAs, individuals with prior experience! 8 10y

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