Private Equity and the Buy Side

Value creation in portcos (as opposed to be financial engineering) has become a lot more popular among PE firms. For those in PE ops, do you ever see this value creation happen via enhancement/expansi… more

any tips to impress in an interview for a corporate VC role, it's a bit portfolio MGMT from an investment side and some program MGMT dealing and creating experience with for start ups in program

Any PE activity going on right now? Heard Q1 recruiting but not sure if opportunities haven’t come out or I’m not getting traction

I'm a first year consultant looking to learn more about PE/VC roles and the industry more generally. Would be great to get some book/article/podcast recommendations, and if anyone can recommend an… more

which smaller late stage VCs/growth equity firms typically hire consultants?

Anyone get a hair transplant? Curious how you handled it with work

Have you seen example of people with 10+ years of experience (early to mid 30s) transitioning from one field (tech) into investing role not after MBA?

Curious for info on analyst comp at private credit MF?

Curious if it’s feasible to go from a PE Ops role to a VC role (investment/deals side at a GE firm)?

What comp should I expect for a mid market buy side associate position in London?

Does anyone know how hours for an ops associate somewhere like KKR Capstone are? Is it more like 60-70 or 90-100?

Anybody have a KKR Capstone super day for associate / senior associate? Any ideas what to expect?

I am a strategy consultant working mostly on buy side CDDs considering getting into PE - which part of PE do you folks think would be the most natural fit (investment or deal teams?), and is an SD a r… more

How do I recruit into PE firms at the Consultant level from MBB? Is it the same 1-2 year on cycle as analysts or only off cycle? Having a hard time finding info online, would love any tips!

I'm looking to go work for Private Equity as an Interim Executive level consultant's to help their acquired portfolio companies become successful. Any ideas of how to get in? Tired of working… more

How does staffing work in your fund? Coming from MBB i thought the staffing processes are pretty decent for jr development. Seems abit opaque on what policies funds have to ensure win win for the fund… more

During interview preparation, what’s ‘enough’? Due to time constraint and ongoing project commitment, feels like there’s always things I don’t know. What should I do to overcome the feeling of not kno… more

Brookfield special investments PE associate — salary range?

3 years of consulting and currently on the Deal team in my second year at a reputable growth equity firm. Possible for me to move to the ops side? Find it more interesting and don’t mind the smaller p… more

Given how much Ackman has been in the news, curious if anyone has a rough estimate of how much Pershing Square analysts would get paid directionally? Given the high AUM/head, ~$10M? More? 9 figures ev… more

Funds / Portcos with a good culture

Guys, let's name Funds with collaborative culture and constructive ways of argumebration (instead of backstabbing)

Let's call them as "i know it as my f… more

Interviewing for a PE Ops role with West Coast LMM/MM to be head of value creation for my function. New to PE. Some of my peers have “Operating Partner” in their title and some do not. None have any… more

As someone joining a tech advisory team in PE — what advice would you give to someone starting (associate)? I was at the same firm for 6 years so any best practices on putting the best foot forward at… more

Just received an amazing opportunity for cto (chief transformation officer) of a smaller sized ( < $300M) portco, backed by a small PE fund. Base comp- $300k, upto 40% bonus depending on a few kpis… more

Anyone have experience in rolling up dental practices? Have an opportunity to buy a 3-location practice in Canada, but not sure if it’s worth my time. any tips or watchouts would be great

Does the following job exist…~20 hours a week, $200k+ to work for a family office essentially as an asset allocator. Why do jobs need to be 50-60 hours a week in this industry? For context, former MB… more

Has anyone heard from CPI headhunter recently? They sent me a link to signup and I’ve reached out about buyside roles out of mbb and haven’t been hearing back

Tech PE Ops from Big Tech PM + Wharton MBA possible? Or just a pipe dream? My original post-MBA goal was to start a SaaS-focused search fund, but I feel I'd like to get operational experience firs… more

I am a senior at EY and I got an offer from a buyside firm (~50b aum) and the base is about the same as I have at EY. HR said buyside mainly lives on bonus whose average would be 20~40%. Is this a goo… more

Investment team at a seed-stage VC fund ($1-2m check size) or at a growth equity firm ($10-20m check size)? Pro’s and con’s of both would be great as these aren’t as cut and dry compared to traditiona… more

5 months into my PE job and I’m 100% certain this isn’t for me. I can make it through two years, but feel I’m wasting my time. I also moved to a city I don’t like. Should I leave or stick it out for t… more

Accepted an offer at a ~$4B fund. Does anyone have a vague guess as to what the expense policy might be like? It doesn’t matter that much, just curious

Is there a software that builds financial models? I hate building my models from scratch and typical vendor data quality blows.
I imagine there’s some AI tool that does this.

What are roughly standard terms for a European fund/waterfall carry vesting schedule, materialisation and (bit I'm most interested in) dissolution/clawback rights?

European waterfall means no reali… more

Are there PE firms out there where deal team folks work 40-60 hours a week on average? 40 hours when things are slow and 60 during an active process? I work in Corp dev at an acquisitive company and w… more

Currently an Associate at a small, early-stage VC (~200m aum). Does it make sense to get an MBA at H/S/W to try to improve odds of exiting to a larger, more established fund? Fwiw I focus exclusively … more