+69 PE VP: Q&A for on-cycle recruiting 47 8mo
0 Vista Equity Partners SA2027 1 8mo
+14 SWE to PE/GE internship path? 20 8mo
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+9 NYT Article Criticising Secondaries Exit 1 8mo
+4 Best places to learn roll-up modelling? 3 8mo
+12 ECP Delivers Largest $ PE Return Ever 4 8mo
+49 Private Equity to Startup CFO? 12 8mo
+35 For those who left PE and didn't go into corp dev / strategy what did you end up doing? 59 8mo
+21 Blackstone Innovation Investments (BXII) 8 8mo
+61 What To Do With Life 18 8mo
+10 Hybrid Capital - Practice Materials 20 8mo
+9 Clearlake Culture 15 8mo
0 New Mountain Capital Takeover 4 8mo
+39 What gifts / gestures do you get for significantly more senior mentors to show appreciation? 18 8mo
+8 UK Target Schools to NYC IB/PE 4 8mo
+9 Know Your Deals: On-Cycle 2027 5 8mo
+23 6 years in banking, credit, and PE. Strong comp, but want macro/international pivot. Is UK/European MSc worth it? 2 8mo
+40 Working hours in PE -- Is it structurally getting worse? 7 8mo
+5 PE seems interesting in theory. What is it like in reality? 1 8mo
+32 Novacap vs Altas - Who's Top Dog In Canada After Onex's Fall? 29 8mo
+47 Best Tech PE Deals Ever? 34 8mo
+12 Principal comp discussion tomorrow - <$500M fund 1 8mo
+80 All Things On Cycle 2027 96 8mo
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+16 Midcap Financial? 15 8mo
+29 Marlin Equity: rep, performance and interview process 54 8mo
0 Interview after super day? 4 8mo
+85 Actually Realizing Carry (PE) 44 8mo
0 FoF investment Memo 2 8mo
+12 PE Origination vs PE IR - what would you choose? 4 8mo
+6 PE Recruiting as a Full-time Analyst Hire 1 8mo
+3 PE Deal Sourcing 1 8mo
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+87 Some reflections 10 years in... 8 8mo
+20 A bit nervous about my new Analyst Role at a top PE firm 8 8mo
+37 Great Point on PE Landscape Today 10 8mo
0 LMM PE, Search Fund Sourcing 1 8mo
+4 GPA for PE Oncycle from Semitarget 5 8mo
+3 GPA for PE Oncycle from Semitarget 19 8mo
+13 Anyone know what happened at Marlin Equity Partners? 8 8mo
+20 MBA... Worth It for mid-level PE/VC? 5 8mo
+38 Updated views / perspectives on New Mountain Capital 28 8mo
+4 KKR’s Client and Partner Group 4 8mo
+80 Quickest way to $6-8M net worth? 55 8mo
+29 HIG SF Office Culture / Hours 22 8mo
+29 Growth Equity -> Private Equity 13 8mo
+6 Anyone ever ask to go semi-remote? 4 8mo
+23 Energy / Oil and Gas PE Recruiting Process 9 8mo
+9 Is anyone here involved in Law Firm PE? I’m looking to meet some other folks 1 8mo
0 Really Basic Paper LBO Question 1 8mo
+48 What has been your experience working for PE portcos? 26 8mo
+19 How many Portcos is too many 15 8mo
0 FoF Opportunities in Bay Area? 4 8mo
+5 Sixth Street SA Interview 26 8mo
+11 Why does PE/GE like B2B better than B2C 7 8mo
0 Do I need PE experience for PC? 1 8mo
+5 Apollo SA 2026 6 8mo
0 Vista 2027 SA Program Discussion 1 8mo
0 Private Equity Lateral to Private Credit 3 8mo
0 Del 1 8mo
+11 Exploring a clean exit for niche advisory 3 8mo
+87 Why the hell is anyone chasing buyout PE? 32 8mo
+19 How to make assumptions? 7 8mo
+19 Thoma Bravo went from $3bn AUM in 2012 to $181bn today. Who’s next? 33 8mo
0 Buy and hold - what's your take? 1 8mo
+14 Webster Equity Partners Offer Advice 5 8mo
0 Post PE Recruiting 1 8mo
+6 Disclose or not? 3 8mo
+34 Start-up PE Opportunity 7 8mo
+3 private equity infrastructure and project finance test ( macquarie , gip,brookfield ,3I,jpm,ect...) 6 8mo
+6 Bain Capital Investors of Tommorow (Summer 2027 Diversity) 7 8mo
0 PE Mega Fund IR over IB 1 8mo
0 Bain capital London 4 8mo
0 Goodwater Capital 3 8mo
+18 Left MF PE. No Job 29 8mo
0 Leveraged finance transition into PE — is it possible? 1 8mo
0 Blackstone Year End Bonus 1 8mo
+20 Search Funders PLEASE STOP CALLING MY DAD 3 8mo
+6 Evaluating Gross Margin With or Without Depreciation 1 8mo
0 Thomvest Toronto Family Office Insights 1 8mo
0 Upcoming PE Processes London 1 8mo
0 AI-note taker 4 8mo
+3 Need advice Carlyle global wealth analyst 56 8mo
+3 Practical reality of not getting the promotion 3 8mo
+13 Is employee co-invest overrated as a compensation sweetener? 2 8mo
+158 is there a way to do PE without weekends? 81 8mo
+27 F500 Corp Dev (Manager), Or PE Portco Corp Dev (Mid-Level) 12 8mo
+6 Blockchain PE Roll-ups - Inversion Capital 2 8mo
+11 Infra PE: I Squared Capital Reputation/Thoughts? 8 8mo
+50 PE-Backed Corp Dev Comp Check 16 8mo
+12 Q&A (AMA) | Economics, Finance & Asset Management – Ask Me Anything 1 8mo
+9 PE Fund Insurance Groups Interview 7 8mo
+4 Coffee Chats Starting to Go Out? 7 8mo
+9 Del 1 8mo
+27 Best Masters for IB/PE + Scholarship + My chances 8 8mo
+43 what if you get blown out from PE 14 8mo
+45 Performative PE associate work hack 13 8mo
0 Main Capital Partners Analyst Interview 1 8mo
+31 PE GPA on cycle 30 8mo

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