John Howard

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1,497 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Unlocking Value · Episode 35: Duncan Ramsay – Inside the investor mindset: Building scalable consulting firms · 26 May 2026 podcast

Fun thing on this when you're either looking in your own portfolio or looking at at business to invest in, how much are you thinking about kind of governance and guardrails around how stuff's being used? matched

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So we've done AI. matched

We've ticked the AI vox. matched

I guess I wouldn't mind just to switch into a bit of private equity and demystifying some things there for people who may be less familiar with your world. matched

One thing I think lots of people have questions about, but maybe aren't really sure about is what happens after an investment's taken place? matched

Like what's it really like in once you're part of a PE portfolio? matched

Yeah. matched

In your experience, what are I guess the people on the other side of the metaphorical table of the other kind of management team, what are they feeling experience and what have you found over the years that's surprising and not surprising for them once they're into a P cycle? matched

it's definitely worth doing as well. matched

I guess if you reflect on people you've interacted with kind of at the point of the ECI exit, who've led a business through that journey, how would you say those people tend to be different if at all at the end? matched

Like what have they learned? matched

What's been really hard? matched

What have they found not so hard? matched

Like how are they different people and different leaders at the end of a cycle? matched

Sounds like a lot of kind of letting go probably that has to happen through letting go but not too much. matched

Yeah, they got it. matched

I mean, one thing that you guys, I would guess, must kind of struggle with or kind of try to seek the right balance on is lots of experience, lots of people who can probably help. matched

And there's a kind of desire like your outcome is the business's outcome. matched

As an investor, how do you strike that balance between, I guess, supporting a business and staying out of its way? matched

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