+19 Resources to read everyday for PE? 9 6y
+24 PE Recruiting Advice for Incoming 1st Years 17 6y
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+8 Top Middle Market Operationally Focused (under 3bn latest fund) PE Firms 5 6y
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+18 Growth to Buyout Transition 6 6y
+13 East Coast TMT Groups 11 6y
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+4 Silver Lake Headhunter 2 6y
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+9 MF PE Recruitment from mid tier BB 1 6y
+21 PE Interviewing from outside of New York 3 6y
+13 Feeling Nervous - Advice? 2 6y
0 Texas Pacific Group 13 6y
+34 Anyone here familiar with HIG Capital? 37 6y
+17 H.I.G. Capital 32 6y
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0 Blackstone, THL Bid Over $15 Billion for Fidelity Information Services, Reminiscent of KKR First Data Buyout for $29 BIllion 0 6y
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0 Headhunters in Miami/South Florida? 2 6y
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+13 Energy IBD to Generalist Private Equity? 3 6y
+21 Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs 1 6y
0 Energy Private Equity in Texas 0 6y
0 Pelican Energy Partners - Houston 2 6y
+26 Anyone know anything about Hudson Advisors in Dallas? 19 6y
0 Congruent Investment Partners 1 6y
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+15 Top MBA / MF PE Chances from a State School 3 6y
+3 Insight Equity in Dallas? 0 6y
+15 Dallas PE Funds? 17 6y
0 What is the overall reputation of Orix USA, the Japanese hedge fund? 3 6y
+15 Salary range for Associate role -- $500MM AUM shop? 5 6y
+55 MBA PE Internships 21 6y
0 Is experience valued at entry level positions in PE 0 6y
+12 International Student Sophomore Internship 1 6y
+3 Easy Entry in the Hospital Acquisition Business 1 6y
+20 Private Equity Salary Expectations 2 6y
+37 Pre-MBA: Engineering vs. Finance... Does it matter? 10 6y
+16 Top Private Equity firms Austin, TX? 18 6y
+58 Should I take a job with Apollo? 25 6y
+15 Biology + Business Development/Client Relation background - How to break into finance? 2 6y
+45 Consulting to PE with market/commercial due diligence experience 8 6y
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+3 The Sterling Group Houston 1 6y
+9 Expected Analyst Comp at a Fundless Sponsor 1 6y
+9 Fulcrum Capital Holdings? 5 6y
+9 Deal Flow versus Brand for Buyside Exits 2 6y
+12 Should I Take My PE Internship Offer? 1 6y
+12 BX REPE vs BB (GS/MS) IBD 3 6y
+41 Am I an idiot for trying to pivot to PE? 10 6y
+16 Due Diligence on PE Deal 5 6y
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+6 Independent Sponsor Conference - Dallas 1 6y
+9 Boutique PE firm vs. Deloitte Federal? 1 6y
+4 Ridgemont Equity Partners (Charlotte, NC) salaries? 2 6y
+18 CDD strategy consultant interested in PE 1 6y
+9 Anyone have any insight into 777 Partners in Miami? 6 6y
+23 Best odds to get into PE: Consulting or IB Energy? 5 6y
+12 Black Dragon Capital - Comments? 1 6y
+6 Miami / South Florida Private Equity Compensation 3 6y
+7 Trivest Partners - Miami 3 6y
0 Triton Pacific Capital Partners 3 6y
+124 The Next Big Thing 180 6y
+24 Best West Coast PE Shops? 35 6y
+6 Alpine Investors in San Francisco 5 6y
0 Analyst vs Associate title 1 6y
0 Blackstone San Francisco 1 6y
0 Tech-focused funds near SF? 11 6y
+12 PE Real Estate summer internship vs IBD offers 13 6y
0 Soul-Sucking Accounting --> RE Private Equity 4 6y
0 Skype Options and Silver Lake 3 6y
+8 Anyone heard of OpenGate Capital? Los Angeles 6 6y
+15 Looking for opinions 2 6y
0 Y Combinator 14 6y
+7 Looking for friends/collaboration in the PE world... 3 6y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
0 Moving Compensation 5 6y
0 Inside scoop on career opportunities in Denver/Boulder area in Colorado 12 6y
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+21 How do you know if you're truly interested in tech? 7 6y
0 Analyst position out of UG - 125MM AUM firm in Cali - Exit Opps/Comp? 0 6y
+213 Life after PE - the other road 41 6y
0 Tarsadia Investments 0 6y
+27 Venture Lenders/ Venture Debt/ BDC (Business Development Company) 2 6y
+12 West Coast Associate Candidate Social Hour Dress Code 1 6y
+39 Traditional MM PE Associate role or Partner in a new Fund? 5 6y
+21 Funding in the Cannibis Industry 3 6y
+12 Moving from PE to Product Management 1 6y
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+42 Process of PE Recruiting for MBB 6 6y
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