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+3 NYU Stern vs. USC Marshall undergrad 1 6y
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+6 PE in Los Angeles 18 6y
+6 Alpine Investors in San Francisco 5 6y
+6 MM Brokers in West Coast? 3 6y
+6 List of west coast technology-focused credit funds? 3 6y
+7 Looking for friends/collaboration in the PE world... 3 6y
+8 Anyone heard of OpenGate Capital? Los Angeles 6 6y
+8 Chicago LMM IB to Los Angeles PE 4 6y
+9 Capital Markets Internship Opportunity @ PERE Top 50 in Bay Area 1 6y
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+10 Anyone have any insight into The Courtney Group in LA? 3 6y
+10 PE Opportunities in LA? 8 6y
+11 summer of 2013. Who's left? 12 6y
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+12 Moving from PE to Product Management 1 6y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
+13 Internship at a small Venture Fund in SV - Salary? 6 6y
+14 MBB ---> PE Megafund - what's the gameplan? 3 6y
+15 Looking for opinions 2 6y
+15 Non-GS/MS/Q/JPM BB tech group placement for SF PE? 7 6y
+15 VP Carry - I thought this should be standard? 3 6y
+15 Need Help Deciding What PE Firms To Go After 2 6y
+15 Advice Please! Path to Private Equity - Starting from Valuation Advisory 1 6y
+15 About to graduate, what kinds of jobs will give me a chance at getting into PE? 4 6y
+15 Brookfield Private Equity 1 6y
+15 Final round interview advice - PE operations role 2 6y
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+18 PE perks 17 6y
+18 Main Post Partners Job Posting 1 6y
+19 Hercules Technology Growth Capital: more information 13 6y
+19 Undegraduate Exchange Destination 4 6y
+19 Search Fund PR-MBA (Pacific Lake) 5 6y
+21 How do you know if you're truly interested in tech? 7 6y
+21 Funding in the Cannibis Industry 3 6y
+22 Zynga, Facebook, Groupon Colossal Valuations! 18 6y
+22 Los Angeles Private Equity/Family Office Scene 18 6y
+22 Private Equity/Hedge Funds based in Seattle? 10 6y
+22 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 6y
+22 Should I pursue Private Equity even though I've made 6 figures in Entrepreneurship? 10 6y
+22 PE Associate Compensation in T3 cities? 6 6y
+24 Best West Coast PE Shops? 35 6y
+25 Alternative path to Private Equity? 4 6y
+27 Venture Lenders/ Venture Debt/ BDC (Business Development Company) 2 6y
+28 Thoughts on Vector / STG Partners 7 6y
+31 Square's IPO: Silicon Valley Finance meets Wall Street 8 6y
+32 Just joined WSO and looking to get into PE 9 6y
+39 Traditional MM PE Associate role or Partner in a new Fund? 5 6y
+41 LMM PE Opportunity: Do I take it?! 8 6y
+42 Process of PE Recruiting for MBB 6 6y
+45 PE Firms w/ Dog Friendly Offices 10 6y
+51 Denver Private Equity 48 6y
+82 Cracks in the PE Bubble Beginning to Show? 52 6y
+86 Uber last 3.5B$ Raise - Debt disguised as Equity? (Technical Disc.) 29 6y
+91 HF to PE post-MBA - my story and seeking advice (long-time poster)! 9 6y
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