0 Question about investing in energy (private equity asset class) 6 13y
0 Venture Debt Exit Opportunities 2 13y
0 Deal Sourcing: Best Methods? 3 13y
0 Post PE internship career advice...Please advise!!!! 0 13y
0 Interview for a Sale-Leaseback fund? 0 13y
0 Dell going private 6 13y
0 GS PIA - thoughts? 10 13y
+18 Reference Checks 9 13y
0 Best Corporate Strategy Guide to Prepare for PE Interviews 1 13y
0 MM to MF after HBS 6 13y
0 part time academic yr PE internship for undergrad? is this possible? 0 13y
+15 Cold Emailing Private Equity Firms 5 13y
0 What do VCs do with Cap Tables once they get them? 0 13y
+3 I am starting on Private Equity Real Estate Fund 9 13y
0 Equity Investors 9 13y
0 Business medicine, any other ideas? 0 13y
0 Pre-MBA PE recruiting for unconventional candidates 10 13y
+20 Negotiate for higher salary after two years (Associate / PE) 6 13y
0 What will Bstone, Carlyle etc. pay this year? 4 13y
0 Background / Reference Check 5 13y
0 P/E Phone Interview 0 13y
+15 Pre-MBA Associate Tips 16 13y
0 Brokerage to... 0 13y
0 Analyst Position out of school for Small, Relatively Unknown PE Firm, Comp/Exit Ops? 2 13y
0 9/10 Startups Fail? 13 13y
0 Much ado about liquidity? Lockup expirations and stock prices 4 13y
0 request advice - non-traditional PE overseas to IBD, older applicant 2 13y
0 current MM IB Analyst...decision help 6 13y
+23 Returning to finance industry after taking time off 8 13y
0 Capital IQ/Preqin 3 13y
0 Reuters Interview with David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of the Carlyle Group 5 13y
+34 Linking DCF to IRR analysis 13 13y
0 Private Equity Land Fund Informational Incoming, Need Info 0 14y
0 Career Advice - Private Equity 2 14y
+11 Vault Guide Question 5 14y
0 Why I believe an Entrepreneur Should get an Education 7 14y
+1 CapIQ/Prequin favor 3 14y
+52 Too Big To Invest? The Downside to Mega Fund PE 22 14y
0 Law school as an investment in long-term job security? 11 14y
0 I'm wondering if undergrads... 6 14y
+38 Private Equity: Too disruptive or not disruptive enough? 12 14y
+11 For All You Prestige Whores 15 14y
+34 Cancel consulting contract to go directly into a megafund after ugrad 8 14y
0 REPE funds like/value construction / development experience? 6 14y
0 Things to look out for in Minority Investment Proposal? 0 14y
0 Spinnaker Capital LLC 2 14y
0 Blackstone Real Estate vs Blackstone Private Equity Real Estate? 0 14y
+20 time to create real-world integrated models 12 14y
0 Given PE "Homework" after 1st interview with MD. Formatting help? 5 14y
0 Do PE firms have to file like mutual funds? 3 14y
+25 How to Find Corporate Finance Jobs at Startups? 9 14y
+8 Any information on PE firm Starin Capital 4 14y
0 Cash and Non-Cash Capital calls MOIC 0 14y
0 Pricing private distressed debt? (advanced analysis) 5 14y
0 Suggestion Needed 10 14y
0 1st round phone interview for Blackstone Asset Management. What to expect? 3 14y
0 Junior Year Internship 0 14y
+13 Question for the Pre-MBA Associates 1 14y
+30 Job security on the buy-side? 11 14y
0 advice on calling with managing partner? 5 14y
0 Getting fees for referring deals 2 14y
0 Capitalizing Private Company - PE 2 14y
+74 Bonus Bananas August 10, 2012 37 14y
0 Romney & Gawker - A Love Story 11 14y
+46 Value of Boutique PE Internship? 17 14y
0 Does Private Equity Use Too Much Leverage? 11 14y
+25 Taxes Issue in a DCF 12 14y
0 private equity blogs? 3 14y
0 Bringing clients/intermediaries to a PE firm as an intern 0 14y
0 educational resource needed - capital structure/valuation 0 14y
0 Frac sand/energy investment opportunity 7 14y
+4 Future of leveraged buyouts? 1 14y
+19 Another Leveraged Buyout Question 11 14y
0 Learning to Invest in Financial Institutions 2 14y
0 Private Equity or Corporate Finance/Development EXIT 3 14y
0 What exactly is the scope of private equity? 8 14y
0 BW article on Private Equity 2 14y
0 Have an Idea? I Have a Programmer 6 14y
+22 PE losing its luster? Thoughts from current PE guys appreciated 11 14y
0 So you want to work/are working in PE 10 14y
0 What would be intelligent informational qs to ask a PE Associate? 1 14y
0 What do you do when you can't find comprables for a DCF or a prcedent transaction? 1 14y
0 LBO modeling question 1 14y
+15 Submit Faster or Gain Late-Night Bonus Points 2 14y
+13 comp for pre-mba PE associate (~$500 mm AUM)? 11 14y
0 Lateral move into operations side of PE 10 14y
0 PE Saves Jobs! 2 14y
0 Is PE consulting / deal sourcing / transaction services considered FO? 0 14y
0 MBAs and Wall Street Still in Love 0 14y
0 PEP Digest 2011 Compensation Survey 8 14y
+30 Activist Value Investing: Be Your Own "Change" Agent 1 14y
+23 Best PE Firms? 16 14y
+16 Just earned my badge of honor. Not sure what to do now. 6 14y
0 The War on Private Equity 26 14y
0 Secondary directs 1 14y
0 Question on LBO Financing 7 14y
+11 Phone Chat with PE Exec- How to Prepare? 1 14y
+14 Someone's Claim 5 14y
+15 BB associate to PE associate. Should I leave banking? 4 14y
+70 Leaving your PE firm 49 14y

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