Private Equity Value Creation Podcast
di Gordon Cheng
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Ep 157: Adam Waglay, Butterfly Equity | Food-Focused Investing and…
Ep 157: Adam Waglay, Butterfly Equity | Food-Focused Investing and…
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Get behind-the-scenes access to the minds shaping the world of Private Equity, hear captivating stories about transactions and investments, and learn about the innovative approaches leading investors, operators, advisors and bankers employ to drive sustainable growth and create enterprise value. https://www.howtosaas.com/pevaluecreation
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- Ep 157: Adam Waglay, Butterfly Equity | Food-Focused Investing and the Transformation Team Model · 41 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 61In this episode, Adam Waglay, CEO and Co-Founder at Butterfly Equity, explains why food is an attractive sector for private equity, and why B2B enablers like ingredients and…
- Ep. 156: John Dickie, HighVista Strategies | Manager Selection in the Lower Middle Market · 36 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 60On this episode, John Dickie, Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity at HighVista Strategies, explains how HighVista evaluates the lower middle market managers it backs. Learn…
- Ep. 155: Taylor McKinley & Chris Cassidy, Mainsail Partners | Integrating Operators and Investors · 37 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 59On this episode, Taylor McKinley and Chris Cassidy, partners on the investment and growth teams at Mainsail Partners, break down how 40-plus operators and a deal team work as…
- Ep 154: Shiv Narayanan, How To SaaS | AI Visibility Imperative and Driving Pipeline From Search · 40 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 58On this episode, Shiv Narayanan, Founder & CEO at How To SaaS, explains how AI platforms have changed the way buyers research and make purchase decisions, why being invisible to…
- Ep. 153: Blair Garrou, Mercury Fund | Operational Audits, Lean GTM Teams and Liquidity Planning · 35 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 57On this episode, Blair Garrou, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mercury Fund, details the Mercury Method—a post-investment approach that borrows from private equity to lower…
- Ep. 152: Jon Lange of THL Partners | Operational Support Models and AI's Impact Across the Portfolio · 34 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 57On this episode, Jon Lange, Managing Director at THL Partners, unpacks how private equity firms decide when and how much operational support to deploy into a portfolio company…
- Ep. 151: Jim Toth, Riverside Acceleration Capital | Turning Data Into an Operating Advantage · 39 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 56On this episode, Jim Toth, Managing Partner at Riverside Acceleration Capital, discusses how an in-house operating team works with portfolio companies to drive growth. Learn how…
- Ep. 150: Doyl Burkett, Integrity Growth Partners | Building an AI Sourcing Engine · 40 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 55On this episode, Doyl Burkett, Managing Partner and Founder at Integrity Growth Partners, joins the show to talk AI-native deal sourcing. Learn how a two-person team can…
- Ep.149: Jesse Bendit, Apax Digital | Building an In-House Operating Team · 36 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 145On this episode, Jesse Bendit, Principal at Apax Digital, joins the show to unpack how a private equity firm builds and funds a 30-person internal operating team without letting…
- Ep. 148: Dustin Ackerman, Future Standard | Mid-Market Secondaries and Growth at a Reasonable Price · 38 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 53On this episode, Dustin Ackerman, Managing Director at Future Standard, joins Shiv Narayanan to discuss secondaries and backing GPs, including how to turn existing sponsor…
- Ep. 147: Mike Esposito, Franchise Equity Partners | Box Economics and Multi-Unit Franchise Investing · 37 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 52On this episode, Mike Esposito, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner at Franchise Equity Partners, unpacks why multi-unit franchise investing has stayed an underserved niche in…
- Ep. 146: Shiv Narayanan of How To SaaS on Developing a GTM Strategy to Expand Geographically · 30 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 51On this episode, Shiv Narayanan, Founder and CEO of How To SaaS, breaks down how to approach international and regional expansion as a growth lever, and why the first question…
- Ep. 145: Stephen Gold, Ethos Capital | Operator-Investors and the Acceleration Vector Methodology · 41 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 50On this episode, Stephen Gold, Chief Value Creation Officer at Ethos Capital, unpacks how value creation in portcos changes when investment partners are also operators and put…
- Ep. 144: Alex Abell. RCP Advisors | Evaluating Lower Middle Market Managers and Operational Value Creation · 51 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 49On this episode, Alex Abell, Managing Partner at RCP Advisors, explains how fund of funds investors evaluate lower middle market managers—and why fund-level benchmarking alone…
- Ep.143: Bob Root, Southfield Capital | Scaling Services Businesses and Building Data Moats · 34 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 48On this episode, Bob Root, Transformation Partner at Southfield Capital, discusses how to find and accelerate growth in services businesses that have been underserved by…
- Ep. 142: Sequoya Borgman, Borgman Capital | Buying Family Businesses and Preserving Culture · 33 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 47On this episode, Sequoya Borgman, Founder and CEO of Borgman Capital, discusses buying and holding family and founder-led businesses in manufacturing, industrials and other…
- Ep. 141: Mike Magliochetti, Riverside Partners | Deep Operating Partnership in Healthcare · 35 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 46On this episode, Mike Magliochetti, Operating Partner at Riverside Partners, shares what it means to be a deeply engaged operating partner—and why he believes the role has to go…
- Ep. 140: Jackie Joelson, Oracle NetSuite | Data and Technology as Growth Levers in Private Equity · 40 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 45On this episode, Jackie Joelson, Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital at Oracle NetSuite, joins Shiv to break down how a dedicated PE technology practice took shape, and…
- Ep. 139: Ian Ross, Concentric Equity Partners | Investing Outside the Fund Cycle and Feeding Winners · 35 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 44On this episode, Ian Ross, Partner at Concentric Equity Partners, discusses how a family office-private equity hybrid changes the economics of lower middle market investing…
- Ep. 138: Ari Landsberg, 17 Capital | NAV Lending and Fund-Level Capital Strategy · 38 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 43On this episode, Ari Landsberg, Managing Director at 17 Capital, explains how NAV lending works as a flexible, fund-level capital tool for private equity managers—and why demand…







