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+14 LBO Leverage - Rule of thumbs 11 10y
+24 Google APM vs McKinsey as first job to start company 8 10y
0 How do I transition from Wharton MBA to PE? (with non-finance background) 1 10y
+8 What is the best database for the lower and middle private market? 11 10y
0 Thoughts on Aranca / outsourced research firms 2 10y
+12 How to move up the profitablity ladder 0 10y
0 Thoughts on Leopard Capital LP (Frontier Market PE firm)? 0 10y
0 PE Associate Pay 0 10y
0 PE internship - door opener or irrelevant? 16 10y
+21 M&A - calculating shares of private company 7 10y
+205 Why You're So Easy to Replace 58 10y
+3 IRR Attribution / Decomposition Analysis 0 10y
0 CMAA - Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor versus or MMAI - Mergers & Acquisitions Master Intermediary 0 10y
+8 GE EFS 2 10y
0 CExP - Certified Exit Planner 0 10y
0 GCA Services (GS Acquired from Blackstone) Case Study and Janitorial Services Industry 0 10y
0 Junior year Summer PE Internship 3 10y
0 Can someone help me out with Capital IQ Data? 1 10y
0 PE B-School Relationship 1 10y
+14 Why did you choose to go into PE? 11 10y
+8 What should a Cover Letter look like for a non-target candidate and general PE advice 1 10y
0 Private Equity "Financial Analysis" salary help (2 yrs experience ) 0 10y
0 Changing Industry Focus 4 10y
+12 Screening in CIQ for firms acquired via LBO - historic 2 10y
0 terra firma Graduate Programme 2015 11 10y
+8 Mithril Capital? 11 10y
0 Where to move? 1 yr PE Secondaries exp. 2 10y
0 Deutsche Bank (DB) Secondaries / Fund of Funds 1 10y
0 Glenmede private investments internship 0 10y
+30 Why should sponsor care about previous leverage of target company? 11 10y
0 Historical Returns By Fund Size 1 10y
0 How does Staffing work in Private Equity? 4 10y
0 Reaching out to old acquaintences 3 10y
+4 How Does a Jefferies IB analyst look to PE Recruiters vs a Bulge Bracket 3 10y
+51 Boutique Investment Bank -> MM PE... Advice? 54 10y
0 Headhunter Contacts 3 10y
+16 Compensation for Sourcing a Deal 9 10y
0 How many places did you interview at before you landed your PE gig? 6 10y
+95 Where is the industry going for young professionals? 24 10y
0 Carlyle Group Fund Management Advice 2 10y
0 Carry vs. incentive bonus 1 10y
0 Transitioning from Corporate Accounting in Financial Services to Investment Analysis 0 10y
+38 Would you go work for a start-up PE firm? 9 10y
+13 Tanking a Small Cap Company private ($ Rev. ~$50m-$80m) 2 10y
+15 Technical Question: Cash-on-Cash Return LBO model 1st year 4 10y
0 PE search fund: What is the best way to come up with a list of potential acquisition targets in a particular city? 0 10y
+18 PE Funds where Ops works with deal team pre-deal 20 10y
0 Forest Hills Capital Management ???? 6 10y
0 PE Reporting Job 0 10y
+10 PE Real Estate or Consulting 6 10y
+16 Consulting Friendly MM PE Firms? 13 10y
0 private debt investment funds / asset management 2 10y
+20 why is EV/EBITDA very high for online companies? 12 10y
+10 Current Capital LLC 10 10y
0 % Change on IRR Breakdown 0 10y
0 Recruiters and Preferences 0 10y
0 How to be promoted to Partner? 1 10y
+56 The Most Outlandish Office Politics Story, Pt 2 43 10y
+12 LBO Model - No Historical Financials 2 10y
0 Distribution Business Models 1 10y
0 Apple Iphone 6s / Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ( Buy 2 get 1 free ) 0 10y
0 Oaktree Distressed Debt? Is it PE or HF? 4 10y
0 Private Equity after Medical School: Possible or a pure Utopia? 2 10y
+19 How to have it all and blow it with greed 7 10y
0 CIRA on resume? 2 10y
0 Got 1 hour with a managing partner of a major PE. How do I kill it? 2 10y
+10 What's the point of "breaking in" when you'll most likely just get spit back out? 22 10y
+70 Quality of talent at Megafunds? 28 10y
+51 Sourcing Deals - Analyst 29 10y
0 Strategic LBO in "Roll-Ups"? 6 10y
0 From loan capital markets to private equity/investment banking 0 10y
+102 Q&A - London IBD to megafund PE 77 10y
0 Modeling debt paydown monthly 7 10y
+10 Monthly LBO model 1 10y
+49 No Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)! 15 10y
0 [ISSUE 36] - Interesting Things... 2 10y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 10y
+89 PE Networking 78 10y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 10y
0 Private Equity Associate Off Cycle Recruiting 8 10y
+9 How to talk with the VP, super fan of the LOTR and GOT 5 10y
0 Researching Firms 0 10y
0 Boutique PE firms 8 10y
0 Not the usual transition question 2 10y
0 Moving to the Southeast - Any advice for job hunting 17 10y
0 Fundraising Role - Seeking Advice 22 10y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 10y
0 2nd Round coming up - HELP! 2 10y
+28 Taking a break after a pre-MBA stint in PE -- doable, or a disastrous idea? 15 10y
0 Post MBA associate to PE FoF's / Secondaries? 1 10y
+43 Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE 28 10y
0 Need Case Studies 0 10y
0 African debt financing 3 10y
0 Fund closing 8 months into my time there vol: what next 2 10y
+8 Excel fiancial model 8 10y
0 Two pre-MBA PE jobs? Advice please. 2 10y
0 Best Study Guides 4 10y
+26 JD/MBA trying to break into PE 8 10y
+22 PE Fund Performance: Anyone Can Hit Top Quartile Once, but Consistently? 8 10y

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