+12 PE firm worklife balance 30 3y
+3 NYC PE/VC Firms with generous vacation/PTO 2 3y
+6 Insight on TPG 1 3y
+13 Would you try to leave? 5 3y
+9 Private Equity firms in PHX? 4 3y
+255 Keep Your Head Up 43 3y
+3 Luminate Capital 3 3y
+3 EIG Global Energy Partners 2 3y
+3 Coinvest at Megafunds 1 3y
+27 Carlyle - AlpInvest 14 3y
+12 Info on G Squared Venture? 4 3y
+16 Are EB RX / MF PE better? 8 3y
+6 FT Analysts who recruited for PE On-Cycle in Sept/Oct... 5 3y
+70 Taking the plunge.. from New Zealand 22 3y
+3 SL FT Process 2 3y
+7 PE Fund Database 4 3y
+9 Negotiating a deal 4 3y
+101 HF -> MF PE 42 3y
+14 waterfall questions 3 3y
+6 Typical Timeline for Oncycle Recruitment 2022 (Corp Dev, VC, PE) from IB 1 3y
+3 Buyside Summer 2023 Recruiting 10 3y
+23 Direct Lending Offer Help 19 3y
0 KSL Capital 2 3y
+31 Side hustles while working in PE 46 3y
+30 H/S/W chances after 4 years PE, 2 years IB? 8 3y
+10 LLR Partners - Comp/Exit Opps/Reputation? 9 3y
0 Carry / Comp @ Large FoF 3 3y
+18 UMM.. vs. sector-focused Bain Capital fund 13 3y
+11 Taking on more Responsibility 3 3y
+10 Looking for a PE Mentor to HELP me 19 3y
+15 PJT Park Hill Real Estate Group Interview (NY office) 1 3y
+3 Word Investment Memo 1 3y
+4 Leveraged co-invest 2 3y
+220 Getting ghosted 24/7 54 3y
+6 Co-Investing 1 3y
+3 Liquid Bulk Transportation / Tank Washes (e.g. Quala, Heniff Transporation Systems, Superior Bulk Logistics) 0 3y
+3 Light Street Capital Undergrad Analyst Program 3 3y
+18 HPS Reputation 12 3y
+14 TPG Client and Capital Formation Group? 4 3y
+119 Answering Why Private Equity - 9 Key Answers 22 3y
+110 Private Equity: why it's so sexy 146 3y
+19 What PE firms recruit from undergrad (Wharton, Harvard) for analyst positions? 27 3y
+32 East Coast IBD to West Coast PE? 13 3y
+9 LBO Bio-medical company 8 3y
+53 PE right out of college? 29 3y
0 PE Recruiting Finished? 31 3y
+28 FT Advice: PE at Family Office or IBD interviews?? 13 3y
+6 Preparing for Analyst PE Recruitment 5 3y
+24 Back Office Jobs in PE 25 3y
+104 Path to Private Equity Post-MBA without Pre-MBA Banking Experience 70 3y
+133 Q&A: From State School to IBD to MM PE 53 3y
+11 PE - Doha 4 3y
+20 West Coast vs. NY Exit Opps 19 3y
+22 Infra PE at Macquarie: good exit opps and rep? 4 3y
0 Blackstone Analyst Graduate vs Moving from BB M&A/ Sector Group 1 3y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland 2 3y
+16 How fucked am I? Please help me plan how to get out of consulting and into PE. 7 3y
0 Undergraduate in Shanghai, intern in a Private Equity seeking advice, feel lost. 1 3y
+6 Helios Investment 6 3y
+12 London PE Scene: The Essentials 2 3y
+41 Sycamore Acquires Staples for $6.9 Billion in Largest Buyout of the Year 6 3y
0 Blackstone PE second round 3 3y
0 Bank valuation: link between P/E and P/B ratios 1 3y
+29 1-hour financial modelling test. What should I expect? 5 3y
+13 MM PE Analyst Exit Opps -> Megafund? 4 3y
+29 Breaking into MegaFund from non target BB group 5 3y
+17 Fund says I am an independent contractor - 10-99 vs W2 11 3y
+21 PE back to Banking 5 3y
+41 Investor Relations, PE 15 3y
+44 Resignation by the end of probation period (PE job) 11 3y
+14 LBO Templates from KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, etc? 7 3y
+9 Going to Direct PE Fund, but want to eventually go to LBO fund 2 3y
+25 at a middle market fund - advice for recruiting 6 3y
+12 Meeting PE recruiters before starting IBD FT 5 3y
+60 PE Senior Associate - What next? 9 3y
+7 TPG Sixth Street 6 3y
+109 How do you stay organized at work (both in general and on action item lists)? (x-post w/ MC forum) 66 3y
+13 SME HoldCo Buying 70% of an industrial company, how to think about leverage? 3 3y
+3 Sample /practice case studies? 1 3y
+67 Career Move - Corp to PE/HF in "late" life stage 13 3y
+142 Can one get rid of a company's pensions during LBO? 41 3y
+20 New PE Associate - should I help with fundraising? 6 3y
+42 PE (limited transaction experience) > PE firm 6 3y
+4 Credit metrics - include or exclude capital lease interest expense? 2 3y
+25 Financing EBITDA - why would it be different from actual EBITDA? 7 3y
+113 "Good investment thesis/argument" - where can one find these? 18 3y
+9 Need help deciding on an offer … 1 3y
+91 Would you think I'm an asshole? 48 3y
+11 Dual Share Class Companies 1 3y
+19 CD&R Fund XI - $10bn Already Raised / $13bn Target 12 3y
+48 LBO paper model examples? 54 3y
+50 PE Analyst -> Associate 27 3y
+14 How to contact headhunters and what to include in your resume? 10 3y
+23 Pension Fund / SWFs 6 3y
+408 Is Private Equity a Low-IQ Approach to Finance? 160 3y
0 Private Equity in San Diego? 2 3y
+101 Consulting to Private Equity 78 3y
0 FIG PE Primer 2 3y
+92 Q&A: MD/PhD --> MBB --> MegaFund 48 3y
0 PE case study help! 1 3y

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