+39 I get the nagging feeling I need to make art, but I feel trapped by being in PE. 9 2y
+39 Private Equity vs PhD in Finance 10 2y
+39 Turning off the Sales Mindset Help 10 2y
+39 Worst LBO in past 10 years? 31 2y
+39 LMM Roll Up Strategies that are Recession Proof 25 2y
+39 Best Reads for PE 12 2y
+39 Infra PE from Global Macro HF - Nontraditional Background 18 2y
+39 Private / growth equity layoffs (OpenView, LLR Partners) 24 3mo
+39 IB analyst or PE analyst program 17 2y
+39 SYCAMORE PARTNERS IS THE WORST 29 1y
+39 Median Career Outcome in PE - 15yrs post grad 14 2y
+39 Turn/River Capital - 2024 Updates 24 8mo
+39 MMs and UMMs that aren't JAMMBO's 10 1y
+39 Prep On Cycle or Travel 39 2y
+39 Is it useful to know whether a business is high growth, high margin, etc? 32 1y
+39 Goldcoast sucks 14 1y
+39 Took MM PE over EB, did I mess up? 8 1y
+39 Back to IB? 15 4mo
+39 go for complicated deal as a brand new associate 13 1y
+39 PE VP - Q&A 19 11mo
+39 At the end of my rope, need help 11 1y
+39 Resources for Data Center / Infrastructure Modeling 20 2w
+39 Nashville PE 53 1y
+39 Warburg Pincus 2026 FT Analyst 202 1w
+39 Why Do VPs Exist 12 1y
+39 Leaving PE for IB? Am I crazy?? 17 4mo
+39 VPs & Above - what are you really looking for to make the AS->VP promotion? 12 1y
+39 The IB to PE pipeline doesn't make sense to me 26 1y
+39 What gifts / gestures do you get for significantly more senior mentors to show appreciation? 18 5mo
+39 Anyone else in IB/PE feel like they are in limbo 28 1y
+39 Thoma Bravo raised $24.3bn fund (!!!!) 24 1y
+39 “PE” at a hedge fund? 15 2mo
+39 Should I take VC offer or retry for PE? 26 8mo
+39 Sign-on bonus negotiation 22 1mo
+39 Moving out of software PE 22 4mo
+39 PE fund differentiation 19 4mo
+39 Infrassocs? Real headhunters? 5 4mo
+39 Where are the high paying roles? Are they real? 26 2mo
+39 Underrated MF/UMM Funds 45 4d
+38 Summit Partners Interviews 32 9y
+38 Why aren't PE lenders more predatory? 13 16y
+38 Distressed PE vs Distressed HF? 17 9y
+38 Private Equity: Too disruptive or not disruptive enough? 12 13y
+38 Paper LBO Example -- Need Help 19 9y
+38 First year associate (pre-mba) comp 45 11y
+38 IFC -> MBA -> PE 29 5y
+38 Would you go work for a start-up PE firm? 9 10y
+38 Initial Headhunter Meetings 26 3y
+38 Advice for Asset Management Breaking Into Private Equity 20 5y
+38 More Prestigious Law School over Business School? 13 9y
+38 Escape Club / Exit Hatch 9 7y
+38 Who are the top MM PE funds 17 9y
+38 Need LBO Model Help 13 9y
+38 PE Associate Career Path 9 8y
+38 Small Private Equity Fun (USD 100m AUM) - Thoughts on life in small PE? 10 8y
+38 2 Years IB + 2 Years PE 23 8y
+38 Can a company survive perpetually under successive LBOs? 7 8y
+38 Going straight into PE megafund skipping IB: Need Advice 16 8y
+38 Why are private markets outperforming public markets? 11 5y
+38 Setting up Shop, How do you pay bills? 15 7y
+38 Private Equity Reference Check 14 1y
+38 Blackstone Tac Opps 27 7y
+38 Why are PE funds, who are usually quite pragmatic/opportunistic about investing and businesses, so rigid in their recruiting? 12 7y
+38 Recruiting for Top Infra Funds (MIRA, GIP, BIP, etc.) 14 6y
+38 Media & Entertainment PE 27 3y
+38 PE fund investing comp 16 7y
+38 No-name, One-man PE Shop - would you join in my situation? 7 6y
+38 Why are valuations still so high??? 9 6y
+38 Ghosted After Verbal Offer From PE Firm 7 6y
+38 Minorities in PEVC - ask me anything 10 6y
+38 Recruiting from Chicago IB to NYC PE - how difficult? 25 6y
+38 Carried Interest (Advice / Help!) 9 4y
+38 MBA straight to PE ( with prior IB experience ?) 14 5y
+38 Private Credit Questions 26 4y
+38 Which investing strategy will be most challenged this decade (‘20 through ‘29)? 7 6y
+38 CPP Investment Board 2020 Updated Reputation and Exits? 15 5y
+38 I recruited on-cycle too early 13 5y
+38 Co-invest and Carry: What happens if you leave the firm? 25 5y
+38 Leveraged Commercial Banking -> Mezzanine/Private credit fund? 15 5y
+38 Private Equity in Singapore 18 3mo
+38 European PE Recruiting for Americans from H/S/W 9 5y
+38 Secondaries/Coinvestment Compensation 43 3y
+38 KKR Private Equity Culture 20 4y
+38 Thrasio [Amazon e-commerce roll-ups] 43 2y
+38 Apollo NYC vs. Apollo LA 26 1y
+38 Need Advice: Hate Prestige, but still Optimal Strategy? 18 5y
+38 PE Associate Pay Bump? 37 3y
+38 I coded a SaaS Tool for Researching PE Funds... is this useful? 24 4y
+38 *URGENT* American BB vs. Credit MF 18 4y
+38 Selling Group of Warrants? 16 4y
+38 TQQQ and Inflation 18 3y
+38 Internal Mobility at BX? 27 4y
+38 Private Credit Underwriting 32 3y
+38 Debt pay down of $1 or EBITDA increase of $1? 14 3y
+38 Why is PE the end goal? 17 3y
+38 GIC Comp 61 1y
+38 MBB PE exit opps in London 20 3y
+38 PE / Buyside Modelling 4 3y
+38 Have you been through/witness a bankruptcy? 21 3y
+38 PE to entrepreneurship, any feedback? 11 2y

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