0 Roll Up-focused PE funds 2 11y
0 Equity Multiple Interview Question? 4 11y
0 Is IRR always the ultimate deciding factor when looking at LBO Financing Structure? 4 11y
0 In-house Operational/ portfolio company management career track in Private Equity? 0 11y
0 Turning impossible to possible--Finding a PE internship in 2 weeks, any advice? 0 11y
+15 Just closed my first deal 1 11y
0 Approaching a well known PE firm with no junior team 0 11y
+10 Licenses for the buyside? 2 11y
+48 Is Private Equity Dead? 22 11y
+8 SBIC Associate Job - All Feedback appreciated 15 11y
0 Effect of Takeover Rumors on Peers 2 11y
+26 Small PE Firm or BB IBD 39 11y
0 Pay in institutional fundraising on the buy side? 1 11y
+11 Less Private Equity-backed IPOs in one of the biggest bull markets? 2 11y
0 this is what happens when you screw up at BX 1 11y
+17 Undergrad with FT Offer --- How Can I Start Networking with VCs? 4 11y
0 Changing Industries(?) --> Buyside 4 11y
0 What kind of internships do PE firms look for? 3 11y
0 Does pre LBO debt matter when screening for potential LBO candidates 12 11y
0 Asian Boutique to PE ? 4 11y
+5 How much preferred equity to include in LBO? 10 11y
0 Help: Accept a MM PE position in the Middle Office or Remain in Big-4 Valuations? Best Path to the Front Office? 3 11y
0 Best Books on distressed debt investing and M&A 2 11y
0 Anyone at a megafund from Barcap? 4 11y
+4 Group differentiation at Carlyle 4 11y
+14 Need help deciphering this job description 11 11y
+35 From 350K job to something more fufilling like PE Firm as marketer or investment professional? 33 11y
0 How can you impress a private equity firm without going through headhunters or prior working relationship? 0 11y
0 Best Way to Prep for Verbal Case Studies? 3 11y
+34 Best way to judge PE firms during recruiting 16 11y
0 Bain 2015 PE Report 0 11y
0 Mac User Switching to Windows 6 11y
+4 Asset Purchase LBO Model 0 11y
0 Carry across Multiple Strategies in Fund 5 11y
0 JP Morgan Exit Opportunities by Group 2 11y
0 The Investor-Entrepreneur Divide 5 11y
0 What do Post-MBA Private Equity Associates Do? 5 11y
0 From M&A to Credit to PE 3 11y
+20 Which PE firm to intern for? 15 11y
0 Top SF MM PE Firms? 9 11y
+36 UG > Large/MF PE 13 11y
0 Family and friends round for a non-perishable specialty drink product: What questions to ask? 0 11y
0 De le te 8 11y
+11 Credit vs. PE 10 11y
0 How low can you go? Doing the Petrobras Limbo! 9 11y
0 List of publicly traded private equity funds 2 11y
+18 Frustrated in my career and don't know what to do. Advice appreciated. 4 11y
+10 List of Buy Side Firms 7 11y
0 when raise against convertible debt, how to select investors? 1 11y
0 Bayside Capital (HIG)? 5 11y
0 PE recruiting covered in Dealbook article 2 11y
+15 Top in house corporate VCs? 11 11y
0 lol delet 5 11y
0 Megafund Question 1 11y
0 Megafund Question re exit opp discussion 0 11y
0 LBO - capitalized financing fees 2 11y
0 To the pre-MBA middle market PE associates--what happens next? 4 11y
0 LBO model taking too long to converge 7 11y
0 Lower MM/New Fund & Mezz/Credit Recruiters 1 11y
+14 I sourced a deal - how do I get paid 20 11y
0 LBO in Foreign Currency 3 11y
0 Is taking a sourcing/cold calling job at a PE firm out of undergrad a good way to break into the PE field? 8 11y
0 Portfolio Ops to M&A 6 11y
+18 PE Interview for Junior Summer Internship 15 11y
0 Paladin Capital Group Email 0 11y
+13 What is Growth PE? 9 11y
0 What valuation techniques do you guys use in PE? 16 11y
0 What do you guys think about this job review? 5 11y
0 any books teaching entrepreneurial finance 6 11y
+2 Final round presentation on a company's strategy - how would you structure it? 2 11y
+10 CPI Recruiters 5 11y
+79 Summer 2015 PE Recruiting 96 11y
0 Valuation Case - Companies with real state 4 11y
0 PE Model test for Growth shops 12 11y
0 Case study: ever do DCF, MA instead of LBO for interview? 6 11y
0 Please Help: Pitch for Corporate Sponsorship 3 11y
0 MM Lev Fin Coverage Group Vs. DCM 4 11y
0 Preferred equity catch up 2 11y
0 How much debt paydown is necessary by Year 5 in an LBO? 12 11y
+20 PE associate interviews: 4-hour LBO 8 11y
+2 Qualities for PE? 3 11y
0 General Counsel for PE 1 11y
0 MBA Summer Internship Recruiting 0 11y
+1 Math needed for private equity? 4 11y
+43 Interview with a Mid Level PE Firm for an Analyst Position 26 11y
+3 What the hell is a 3 Model Statement 5 11y
0 Help with Valuing Microcaps 3 11y
+8 IRR with Dividend Recap 5 11y
0 Oaktree Capital Management 1 11y
0 Banking or PE Ops out of undergrad 1 11y
0 Apollo Investment Corporation? 3 11y
+60 Best path to start a PE fund 25 11y
+12 PE analyst salary - Non-target school 8 11y
0 Franklin Square Capital Partners 6 11y
0 Do the deal teams in private equity ever act as operating partners also? 1 11y
0 Cruising after Offer - Good or Bad? 4 11y
+16 PE Job Description Question 7 11y
+3 Comp Reports 3 11y
+13 What does a PE firm do in a Management Buyout? 5 11y
0 Private equity minority / non-controlling stakes 0 11y

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