+119 Ask me anything - Non Traditional Background to MM PE to H/S/W 62 9y
0 Does anyone know anything about "The Presidio Group LLC"? 5 9y
0 GS Capital Partners 20 9y
0 Insight Venture Partners Onsite team 0 9y
0 Stone Point Capital 8 9y
0 Best way to get my developer client's energy project noticed by PE firms looking for deal flow? 0 9y
+35 Top Real Estate Private Equity Firms 28 9y
0 Wilshire Associates: reputation; interviewing with them 14 9y
0 School project for PE boutique 0 9y
+29 Best Self-Study Financial Modeling Course 14 9y
+27 REPE: asset management vs acquisition 14 9y
+32 Leonard Green & Partners 31 9y
0 Does 9 months of PE M&A fund intership experience worth anything? 0 9y
+42 Deal Origination Call Tips 23 9y
0 Roles within Private Equity? 3 9y
0 Asset Managers - PE Investment? 2 9y
+31 Pre - IPO Valuation Question 10 9y
+12 Best MBAs for Private Equity/Debt? 0 9y
+16 Funds of Funds and Secondary Fund question 4 9y
0 How do activist funds screen for targets? 0 9y
0 Pre-MBA internship at distressed PE/activist fund? 0 9y
0 Sun Capital Partners 4 9y
+8 Trading stocks while working at a PE firm? 9 9y
+39 Q&A: Operational Due Diligence Analyst 10 9y
+11 Space fund development efforts in 2017? 3 9y
+76 HELP--Audax Group offer 78 9y
0 ML has a legit PE investment platform?? 0 9y
0 Lower MM PE vs Co-Investment PE 1 9y
0 Remote Private Equity Summer Analyst: is this real? 2 9y
0 Remote PE Internship: is this real? 5 9y
0 HELP: Business School convo with head of group at mega fund 3 9y
0 KKR Summer Associate Superday 2 9y
+12 Closing mechanism - effects on model 0 9y
+6 Vista Equity Partners/Thoma Bravo- what next? 3 9y
+24 Meeting PE Partner at His Office 11 9y
0 Transaction Services to Corp Dev 0 9y
+3 Series 52 1 9y
0 2017 On-Cycle IBD=>PE Timing 0 9y
0 Newbie in PE 0 9y
+4 Economics degree, how to break into private equity? 4 9y
0 Fund Overviews (TPG, KKR, Madison Dearborn) 1 9y
+9 PE Management Fees for a Mining Deal 4 9y
0 MRED vs. MBA 8 9y
0 KKR to buy Epicor 0 9y
0 Investor Relations Interview Advice 0 9y
+7 Due diligence on companies 2 9y
+11 Transitioning from finance to tech 4 9y
0 Associate = Investment manager? 0 9y
0 Career Advice for 1st Year Analyst 1 9y
+19 Business Development Associate at $50B+ Fund. Lifestyle, Exits, Pay? 5 9y
+26 Megafund vs MM 1st Year 31 9y
0 Evaluating lower-middle market PE opportunity 8 9y
+4 Structuring investment in start-up 3 9y
0 CorpDev for smaller vs larger firm 2 9y
0 Accel-KKR rep 0 9y
0 Ares Private Equity--LA Office 7 9y
0 Corporate Lending to PE 0 9y
0 Buyout target 0 9y
+60 Transition from Big 4 Consulting to PE - Advice needed 20 9y
0 LBO case study 2 9y
0 MacAndrews & Forbes Interviews 0 9y
0 MM Mezz Fund Internship 8 9y
0 LBO Short Modeling Help 2 9y
0 PE Recruitment wave - From banking/consulting into PE 0 9y
+15 What should I do: FoF at major PE investor or FoF-Co-Invest-Secondary at smaller PE pension fund 6 9y
+11 Steps, timeline and costs for formation of Private Equity Fund 2 9y
+11 PE Analyst @ Insurance Co Investment Arm? 5 9y
+15 Why Work for Co-Invest Fund? 9 9y
+30 Are people at megafunds inherently elitist ASSHOLES? 13 9y
+38 More Prestigious Law School over Business School? 13 9y
+15 Small PE Shop Analyst Role to Middle Market Firm 4 9y
0 Talk me through a .. sponsor backed LBO 0 9y
+9 FoF Exit Opps 0 10y
0 Urgently need advice for an interview 0 10y
0 How to simulate "future market consolidation opportunities" in a DCF? 1 10y
+23 Big 4 audit to FDD - will Wall Street Prep help? 5 10y
0 First analyst at a start up PE firm - Help 5 10y
+20 Bonus for an Executive Assistant Position in Private Equity Firm - what to expect 5 10y
0 How to get into The Abraaj Group 2 10y
0 DCF: (1) Adjustments to equity on WACC and (2) debt to equity for WACC 4 10y
0 Good Skill to an entry position 0 10y
+13 WME/IMG acquires UFC 2 10y
0 Using Cash in LBO 19 10y
+15 Is Traditional Venture Dying? 0 10y
0 PE Guide package vs financial modelling program 0 10y
+10 Mezzanine Finance - payment date on exit, in shares, based on exit valuation 8 10y
0 Books on financing structures 2 10y
0 Meeting headhunter: how to advertise interests in multiple fields? 0 10y
0 Odd Question - Transitioning from CRE Private Equity to M&A Investment Banking? 0 10y
+31 Advice for Current Law Student 10 10y
0 Columbia Investment Partners, has anyone worked/interviewed with them? 0 10y
+51 Blackstone PE vs. other firms 19 10y
0 Should I wait more? 0 10y
+35 Convenience Store and QSR (Private Equity) 8 10y
0 Due diligence pains 0 10y
+47 Buying Into the General Partnership 10 10y
0 From post-investment portfolio management to PE 0 10y
+12 Self-employed PE analyst - is this normal? 2 10y
+26 How to become a PE analyst out of undergrad? 49 10y
0 Wall Street Prep Advanced LBO package 0 10y

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