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+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
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 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 Where to move? 1 yr PE Secondaries exp. 2 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
+51 Boutique Investment Bank -> MM PE... Advice? 54 10y
+16 Compensation for Sourcing a Deal 9 11y
+95 Where is the industry going for young professionals? 24 11y
0 Carlyle Group Fund Management Advice 2 11y
0 Transitioning from Corporate Accounting in Financial Services to Investment Analysis 0 11y
+13 Tanking a Small Cap Company private ($ Rev. ~$50m-$80m) 2 11y
0 PE search fund: What is the best way to come up with a list of potential acquisition targets in a particular city? 0 11y
+18 PE Funds where Ops works with deal team pre-deal 20 11y
0 PE Reporting Job 0 11y
+16 Consulting Friendly MM PE Firms? 13 11y
0 private debt investment funds / asset management 2 11y
0 % Change on IRR Breakdown 0 11y
0 How to be promoted to Partner? 1 11y
+56 The Most Outlandish Office Politics Story, Pt 2 43 11y
0 Distribution Business Models 1 11y
0 Apple Iphone 6s / Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ( Buy 2 get 1 free ) 0 11y
0 Private Equity after Medical School: Possible or a pure Utopia? 2 11y
+19 How to have it all and blow it with greed 7 11y
0 CIRA on resume? 2 11y
+10 What's the point of "breaking in" when you'll most likely just get spit back out? 22 11y
+70 Quality of talent at Megafunds? 28 11y
+51 Sourcing Deals - Analyst 29 11y
0 From loan capital markets to private equity/investment banking 0 11y
+102 Q&A - London IBD to megafund PE 77 11y
0 Modeling debt paydown monthly 7 11y
+10 Monthly LBO model 1 11y
+49 No Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)! 15 11y
0 [ISSUE 36] - Interesting Things... 2 11y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 11y
+89 PE Networking 78 11y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 11y
0 Private Equity Associate Off Cycle Recruiting 8 11y
0 Boutique PE firms 8 11y
0 Not the usual transition question 2 11y
0 Moving to the Southeast - Any advice for job hunting 17 11y
0 Fundraising Role - Seeking Advice 22 11y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 11y
0 2nd Round coming up - HELP! 2 11y
+28 Taking a break after a pre-MBA stint in PE -- doable, or a disastrous idea? 15 11y
+43 Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE 28 11y
0 Fund closing 8 months into my time there vol: what next 2 11y
+8 Excel fiancial model 8 11y
0 Best Study Guides 4 11y
+26 JD/MBA trying to break into PE 8 11y
+22 PE Fund Performance: Anyone Can Hit Top Quartile Once, but Consistently? 8 11y
+24 No "on the job" modeling experience 24 11y
+27 Questions from a top PE fund interview 10 11y
+32 Friend of mine wants to build a next-generation film finance company 9 11y
+18 Transforming a Deal into a Job 11 11y
0 PE part-time gig interview prep 0 11y
0 Consultant Ding in Future? 2 11y
0 Determining the global economic scenario in LBO 4 11y
+20 Raising funds: how to ascertain? 11 11y
+30 M5 MBA IB Associate exit opportunities to PE 17 11y
0 Private Equity Attractiveness Ranking 0 11y
+46 PE Recruiting - Soft Skills 18 11y
+4 Do your offices let you expense beers when you order food at night? 3 11y
0 Third Round Interview - NEED HELP! 6 11y
0 Does anyone know about Barclays BNRI? 5 11y
0 Carry not in writing 2 11y
+32 Business School or Straight to PE from Elite Boutique 7 11y
0 Pay for Sector Focused PE firms vs. Banking 7 11y
+23 How to become irreplacable? 6 11y
+19 Work at lower-mm firm but working on mega fund size deal 4 11y
+23 Second-tier PE funds 17 11y
+34 Learning curve as a PE associate 8 11y
0 Breaking into PE as an MD and MBB Senior Associate 6 11y
+32 The Saga of Caesars 5 11y
+15 LBO Model: Entry Multiple Method - IRR goes UP with time? 4 11y
0 To Invest or Not Invest - Help Deciding Offers 3 11y
+8 Credit Analysis in the FIG or CF group 3 11y
0 Missed recruiting season? 9 11y
0 How are Pre-MBA PE Internal Consulting/Ops Associates viewed Post-MBA 3 11y
+48 Complicated sources and uses (?) - many moving parts 26 11y

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