Jim sits down with CultureIQ Founder and CEO Greg Besner to talk about his experience working for a PE-backed company.
Read MoreA far-reaching conversation with Brent Beshore, CEO of adventur.es, a buyout shop based in Columbia, Missouri. Brent recently released his book "The Messy Marketplace", the ultimate "how to" book for selling a business in the world of imperfect buyers.
Read MoreIn this episode we focus the discussion on organizing Sales Opportunities as the tip of the spear using Insight Squared with Salesforce.com
Read MoreThe first episode in a five-episode arc discussing ParkerGale's four operating pillars: Systems, Talent, Growth and Product.
Read MoreIn this week's episode, we talk with Len Finkle, CEO of Profisee. Have a listen and find out how he made the journey from intrepid salesperson to private equity CEO.
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This year we cover the technologies that are having the biggest impact on our portfolio - it's Amazon vs. Google, Netsuite vs. Salesforce.com, C# vs Python, PostgreSQL vs. MySQL ... and more!
Read MoreDevin and Jim talk about the major macroeconomic factors that affect Private Equity. Here's a hint -- it's mostly a robust economy and lower interest rates.
Read MoreHow do you select a PE buyer? What questions should you ask prospective buyers? What's negotiable and what's not? And all kinds of useful tips and tricks.
Read MoreTalking with Anthony Onesto of the Konrad Group about "Digital Strategy". It means different things to different people and we make an attempt to define the basics.
Read MoreIf we change out every "board" (no pun intended) in our companies over our ownership period -- is it the same company/ship when we exit?
Read MoreAn introduction to customer analytics with Ben Falloon and Jake Petoskey. The first of several episodes tackling the tricky topic of building ground-up customer analytics and building market maps.
Read MoreJim spends an hour talking about Information Security with Evolve Security's CEO -- Paul Petefish. Everybody KNOWS that it's an important topic, but how does one get started figuring out where they stand from an InfoSec standpoint?
Read MoreJim, Devin and Ryan sit down to discuss why people are so bad at interviewing and what they did to fix their own mistakes.
Read MoreJim and Devin spend an hour talking with Jay Bartlett and Scott Orleck from Parthenon-EY. They share their experiences tackling questions working with us around market sizing, growth rates, cyclicality, and the competitive landscape.
Read MoreJim talks about all things social media with Cappy Popp and John Maver from Thought Labs -- a leading Digital Marketing Strategy company. We've worked with Cappy and John on a number of projects in our portfolio, and they know what it takes to develop a social media strategy.
Read MoreJim is back talking with Brian Walker, CEO of AE Marketing Group on the topic of Influencer Marketing. Does it work for B2B companies? Why or Why Not? What types of "marketing" projects should middle-market business-to-business companies focus their precious resources on?
Read MoreAlan and Jim spend a fast half hour talking when you should consider upgrading older pieces of custom (homegrown) software. You don't have to upgrade older software just for the sake of upgrading it -- and converting from an older language to a newer language doesn't make the software any better.
Read MoreWe've found that Marketing is often the third wheel at small companies -- behind product development and sales.
Read MoreAlan, Jim and Kristina talk about a rare phenomenon in technology -- slowing down sales -- intentionally!
Read MoreDevin and Jim discuss the seven deadly sins of private equity -- sins that will turn a good deal into a bad deal.
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