+32 Business Development Companies (BDC's) 22 9y
+70 What do discuss during coffee/lunch meetings? 63 5y
0 Are templates given for modelling on interviews? 10 12y
+7 Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC ... HWS Group 0 6y
0 Private Equity Coffee Meetings / Networking Dinners (Summer 2016) 2 12y
0 BD opportunity in PE 2 10y
0 Rosenberg & Cain-Possible Scam and Identity Theft? 18 12y
0 Prior Experience before Applying to PE 3 12y
0 How to evaluate performance of board of directors/chairmen? 2 12y
+11 Disconnect between IRR and TVPI 4 12y
0 Quantum Global Alternative Investments 3 6y
+19 anyone has drafted a term sheet before? 22 12y
+25 Financing an LBO with 95% Mezzanine Finance Structure? 8 12y
0 Prestigious Private Equity Groups besides the "Big Names" 16 12y
0 Devastated - one says I am too junior, the other says I am overqualified 11 12y
0 Sapia Partners LLP 0 6y
0 Take private of public company listed in more than one country 0 12y
0 HELP-Where to get acquisition information about private targets? 3 12y
0 Antarctica Capital 0 12y
+12 Do PE firms and smaller investment banks sponsor visas? 3 12y
0 Recieved an Equity Stake offer, what next? 3 12y
+16 Calculating Value of Warrants at Exit 5 2y
+11 Should I take up this internship? 4 12y
+69 Q&A: Sr. Associate at a CVC fund 24 12y
0 PE in different location than Analyst stint 3 6y
0 seeking advice for career switch(a new analyst for Wholesale banking) 0 12y
0 Advice needed for BB analyst 3 6y
0 What to choose - LDCM (more MO) at a to 5 Global IB or Rating Agency? 9 6y
0 Megafund PE in London? 2 6y
+3 PE in Italy 1 6y
0 [Novice Question] What does a PE Principal do? 6 12y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 9y
0 Retained Earnings Pro Forma Buyout 1 12y
+16 PE Associate - Co-Invest 16 7y
0 Pelican Energy Partners - Houston 2 6y
+8 H1B in MM PE 4 12y
0 Energy Private Equity in Texas 0 6y
+44 Underpaid at Start Up PE Fund? 17 12y
+214 Solved 134 12y
+33 Buy Side: An unorthodox route 10 6y
0 ECM -> IBD - > Buyside 0 12y
0 Back to Buy Side 10 12y
+19 Criticising the bosses friend/wife? 10 12y
0 PE FoF vs. strategy consulting 15 12y
+18 Top Fashion Private Equity Investors 12 12y
0 Transaction Advisory Vs PE FoF to get to direct buy side PE 7 12y
+41 Investor Relations, PE 15 4y
+35 Convenience Store and QSR (Private Equity) 8 10y
0 H/S Deferred MBA and PE recruiting 1 12y
+40 Stumbled upon a piece of financial history in the office today... 29 12y
+12 Need advice on how to find good companies to invest 4 12y
0 1-Month July Sublease - Upper West Side 0 6y
0 Which one of you funded this? 6 12y
+11 Discussing unit repurchase with an Investor, looking for back up on minority control discount 3 12y
0 Arsenal Capital / Avista Capital 4 2y
0 American Capital Securities 1 12y
+4 Milestone Partners? 2 12y
+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 12y
+31 Megafund Hours 22 6y
+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 12y
0 Can you demonstrate value to a potential PE fund instead of sending over resume? 1 12y
0 Venture Debt/Lending companies 5 12y
+21 Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs 1 6y
0 Corporate Strategy Analyst at BB Seeking Advice 1 12y
+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 6y
+18 BB Corp Banking -> Boutique IBD -> PE? 5 2y
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

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