+24 Advice needed: Move into IR early in career 4 2mo
+24 Neuberger Berman - Co-Invest and Primaries? 5 3mo
+24 Thoughts on Nicola Wealth? 9 3mo
+24 Roth 401k vs. Regular 401k 15 2mo
+24 Expert networks as a side hustle 6 2mo
+24 Nervous About Joining PE Firm Without a Ton of Live Deal Experience 11 1mo
+24 Secondaries - Day in a life? 24 1w
+24 When is the learning curve maximized? 5 1mo
+24 F500 Corp Dev (Manager), Or PE Portco Corp Dev (Mid-Level) 17 1mo
+24 Is internal reporting at most funds really so Excel & PPT heavy still? 10 1w
+24 MM PE (Harvest, THL, MDP etc.) vs Megafund REPE (Bain, Brookfield, TPG etc.) 29 3d
+23 PE Shops - RippleWood, JC Flowers, Quadrangle & W.L Ross & Co 11 2y
+23 Second-tier PE funds 17 8y
+23 GS PIA VS KKR,TPG,blackstone etc 9 5y
+23 Please help - PE Modeling Question 6 14y
+23 CFA® vs MBA in Private Equity 11 13y
+23 Leverage relevance for LBO target 12 3y
+23 Capitalized R&D 10 4y
+23 I have two possible paths to break into PE, what do you think? 14 12y
+23 Asian Megafund Private Equity Fund consideration - Help Needed 5 4y
+23 PE Analyst 16 12y
+23 Excess cash flow formula 6 12y
+23 Best PE Firms? 16 11y
+23 Returning to finance industry after taking time off 8 11y
+23 What happens if you lose your PE job in your 30s...?! 12 4y
+23 I think I may have been given a great opportunity, how can/should I realize it? 8 4y
+23 Pay differences between MF, upper MM, smaller shops 4 10y
+23 Break into PE from MM Lender? 11 10y
+23 Post-MBA Senior Associate/VP Compensation 10 10y
+23 Beginner's Guide To Building an Angel Investment Portfolio - Part One 13 4y
+23 Charlesbank Capital 19 1y
+23 How to become irreplacable? 6 8y
+23 (Fixed) Would you join a Canadian pension funds direct equity team when already at a traditional PE shop 7 4y
+23 Private Equity Fundraising 32 5y
+23 Infrastructure Private Equity: direct investor to fund manager 8 4y
+23 Pitchbook vs Mergr/Low Cost Alternatives 10 3y
+23 PE IR vs. Placement agent 6 5y
+23 Lower Middle Market PE opportunity 7 7y
+23 Big 4 audit to FDD - will Wall Street Prep help? 5 7y
+23 Options after Pre-MBA Program 6 4y
+23 Breaking into MM PE post MBA with prior IBD experience (An Int'l in the US) 6 6y
+23 Sources and Uses = TEV??? 5 7y
+23 2 hour LBO modeling test. How simplified can the model be? 8 6y
+23 $125k - the New PE Standard? 6 5y
+23 Post-Conflict Private Equity 1 4y
+23 PE in Southeast Asia 13 4y
+23 Apple Cash Reserves for an LBO 7 6y
+23 Best FREE Sites for Company info by Industry (must have revenue) 10 6y
+23 How can I join the Board of a Company/non-profit as a young private equity professional? 7 6y
+23 Michael Flynn in PE? 10 6y
+23 PE -> HF -> PE 6 6y
+23 London Non-MBB Consulting to PE 3 4y
+23 Blackstone tactical opps 9 3y
+23 MM PE vs. Consulting vs Credit out of Undergrad 8 6y
+23 Senior hoping to do Private Equity after Investment Banking 16 1y
+23 LBO: Sources and Uses question 13 6y
+23 Big 4 Audit to IB to PE? 4 6y
+23 PE Fund Evaluation Software 4 1y
+23 Megafund Credit to Bschool 6 1y
+23 Women / Minority owned Private Equity firms 13 1y
+23 Cold Recruiting 10 6y
+23 Information on comp at early stage venture firms? 2 6y
+23 Few Interview Questions 7 6y
+23 Small/Mid-Cap Public Equities Relevance to PE? 6 5y
+23 Financial Institutions (FIG) Private Equity Recruiting Overview? 7 4y
+23 PE Second Advisory Brokers 7 5y
+23 Is the internship I'm doing relevant? 10 5y
+23 Minority equity investment - three statement model 4 5y
+23 Is this legal? 9 5y
+23 Tiny PE firm or established PE fund of funds? 3 5y
+23 Cannabis Valuation 14 2y
+23 Big4 audit to private equity opportunity 3 4y
+23 Reneging on a PE Offer 2 5y
+23 16 Year Old PE MD 14 5y
+23 Thoughts on StepStone group? 20 3w
+23 Graduating soon and need help deciding between BB PE firm (middle office) vs boutique consulting firm vs MM Equity research 2 5y
+23 Pre-asset Portfolio Company Equity Comp 3 5y
+23 Impact Private Equity --- what do I tell the head hunters??? 5 4y
+23 LMM PE lifystyle 10 4y
+23 Question about PE Internships 10 4y
+23 Exit options post MBA PE 10 4y
+23 PE Comp Package Negotiation 4 4y
+23 MBA or law degree? 14 4y
+23 How much weight is put on where you went to school in PE recruiting? 5 4y
+23 Need Advice on Options 8 4y
+23 Should I accept MBB offer or go to Wharton if I wanna do PE eventually? 8 4y
+23 Will Elizabeth Warren kill PE? 11 4y
+23 How to calculate IRR in head? 10 4y
+23 MBB associate and ex-banker shooting for MM PE 4 4y
+23 Stumbled into PE interview 4 3y
+23 How much detail on CF/BS when discussing deals in an interview? 3 4y
+23 Is paper LBO actually done on paper? 5 4y
+23 Interview for Director Position in Growth PE unit at Canada’s Pension fund 6 4y
+23 Advice on MBA MM PE Internships and Post-MBA Titles 3 4y
+23 Can't seem to improve on modeling - advice appreciated please... 7 4y
+23 Best odds to get into PE: Consulting or IB Energy? 5 4y
+23 Private debt comp (excl NYC) 17 4y
+23 LBO Returns Analysis 6 4y
+23 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 4y
+23 Do you think PE prepares you to have your own business/be a CEO? 6 4y

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