Private Equity FunCast
Episodes
Mostly-Annual Predictions Show for 2021
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you predict the future by throwing asparagus against the wall? Have a listen to Devin and Jim on the Funcast's mostly-annual predictions show.
Deal Perspectives: An Associate, a Principal and a Partner Talk Roles and Responsibilities
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity deal teams need to work together seamlessly to close a buyout successfully. However, each member of the deal team does have different r...
CXO seeking PE position: How to stand out in a crowded talent market
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity firms get tons of inbound emails from executives looking for their next opportunity. Paul and Jim discuss the best ways to get privat...
Halloween 2020
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim reunite for our sometimes annual Halloween episode. Today's discussion revolves around what is currently scaring us the most in privat...
Welcome to ParkerGale Ops, Cass
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host, Cici, interviews Cass Ziebel on her return to ParkerGale after two years at Chicago Booth. Cass talks about her background prior to workin...
Why aren't there more women in Private Equity?
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret that there are not very many women in private equity. According to a recent Preqin study, women account for just 19.4% of total private...
Leadership, Culture, and Private Equity with AlixPartners
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership, culture, and their impact on investments are growing trends across the private equity industry. In this episode, Jimmy and Devin are joine...
How We Do Leadership Development
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders shape culture, and in turn, culture shapes an organization. In this episode, Jimmy and Devin are joined by Katrina Calihan and Amanda Cutright...
DealCloud at ParkerGale
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin and Jim spend an hour with Ben Harrison, Co-Founder and President, Financial Services at DealCloud about the DealCloud platform and how we use i...
The Managerial Scouting Report
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No serious athlete steps on the field without a scouting report. No serious professional should lead without one either. In this episode of the Funcas...
Debt for PE Buyouts in Times of Uncertainty
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with Ryan Milligan about the use of debt in private equity deals and the state of the lending market in uncertain economic environments.
The Valley of Anguish
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with Kelley Powell, Alan Williamson and Jim Headley from the MacLaurin Group about tackling large-scale technology projects in a private-equ...
Management Lessons for PE from The Last Dance
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim, Jimmy and Dr. Steve Julius get together to discuss the denouement of The Last Dance. Dr. J leads the discussion around managing a superstar to be...
Rebroadcast of "Mind of the CEO"
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim, Jimmy and Dr. J discuss everything from "The Last Dance" and the Warren Commission to John McCain as part of a new intro to a classic episode in ...
Anatomy of a Security Assessment
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with Paul Petefish from Evolve Security about the ins-and-outs of an actual security assessment -- ours. We cover everything from penetra...
Part II : How the world of sports thinks about culture
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of our two-part episode (both recorded before the coronavirus pandemic) with ParkerGale advisor and former Chicago Bulls team psycholog...
How the world of sports thinks about culture
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 1 of a 2-part episode (both recorded before the coronavirus pandemic), Jim, Jimmy, and Paul are joined by ParkerGale advisor and former Chi...
March Madness 2020 – Slightly Delayed
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weeks ago, before we were all focused on the coronavirus pandemic, Jim and Jimmy recorded our (mostly) annual March Madness episode. We hit pause on p...
Quick Information Security Suggestions for Remote Work
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Paul Petefish, Founder and CEO of Evolve Security about some simple and fast suggestions to make remote working more secure.
[Replay] A Parade of Terribles: Founder Legal Traps to Avoid
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A fan favorite episode -- The FunCast spends an hour with Kirkland & Ellis partner Ryan Harris (formerly of McDermott Will & Emery LLP) talking about ...
The Second City, "Yes AND," and Private Equity
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Jimmy are joined by Marla Caceres and Nelson Velazquez, improvisors at Chicago's famous Second City Theatre. They discuss how ParkerGale has l...
What is Customer Success? And why should you care about it?
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jay Nathan (Founder of Customer Imperative) joins Paul Stansik to share how companies can be more intentional in building intimacy an...
Interview with Dean Brown, CEO of Ipro Tech
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy sits down with Dean Brown, CEO of Ipro Tech. Dean discusses his upbringing in a military family, his education in Industrial Psychology, the ser...
Why does the PE firm care about your product roadmap?
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part 3 of a 3 part series on Product Strategy, Jim and Cici continue the discussion of how product strategy ties into value creation, and how speci...
How we link Product Strategy to Value Creation
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of a 3 part series on Product Strategy, Jim is joined by Cici to discuss the private equity investor's perspective on how and why products g...
How we think about Value Creation - Risk Mitigation, Cost Reduction and Revenue Growth
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In part 1 of a 3 part series on Product Strategy, Jim is joined by Cici to discuss the three levers of value creation - risk mitigation, revenue growt...
Building Effective Teams and Healthy Organizations
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Keith Hadley from the Table Group joins Paul Stansik to chat about how we build aligned C-suite teams and healthy portfolio companies...
2020 Predictions Show
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim kick off the new year with our annual predictions episode. Come have a listen as we opine on what 2020 has in store for Private Equity...
Interview with Stacey Kacek, CEO of OnePlus Systems
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Holloran talks with Stacey Kacek, OnePlus Systems CEO. They discuss her early career as an engineer at Motorola, her transition into leadership,...
When process automation misses the mark
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim recently got massively over-billed by Hertz, prompting a discussion about what happens to customers when process automation goes off the rails. Ry...
How we use talent reviews, the 9box, and succession planning
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our continuing People Operations series, ParkerGale Principals Jimmy and Paul dive into the 9box, a talent management framework commonly us...
You Need Win-Loss Analysis with Cici Zheng
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Devin sits down with Cici to discuss some easy but very important things you should be doing to extract deeper customer and market insight into your s...
Inside the Deal - Three perspectives on how a deal gets done
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Partner Ryan Milligan talks with Mike Trasatti, CEO of DealerBuilt and Bill Lamm of Presidio Technology Partners about how a deal really gets done. Co...
Strategies for Technology Transitions
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Come have a listen as Stephen Tallamy CTO of EditShare talks about strategies for making technology transitions for complicated software platforms.
Hiring Technical Leaders for Non-Technical People
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hiring technical people is hard when you don't know all the buzzwords and acronyms. Devin and Jim help you with good process and some helpful question...
Tom Obermaier Interview
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our on-going series of interviews with ParkerGale portfolio company CEOs, Jimmy interviews Tom Obermaier, CEO of Rippe and Kingston. We tal...
A Brief History of Software with Tom Shore
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with fellow Babson College Alum, current portfolio company CTO, Tom Shore about application software from the early 80s through today. We ...
Kara Master Interview
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to PG Principal Kara Master about her journey from the model UN and a career in journalism to joining the deal team at ParkerGale.
Things to Avoid in Selecting an Executive Job with Dave Kellogg
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle your seatbelts for a fast-paced conversation with Dave Kellogg. Dave and I first met back in the early 80s at Ingres, when I was a pre-sales en...
How We Think about People Ops and Culture
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the kickoff to the new People Operations Series, ParkerGale Principals Jimmy and Paul provide an overview of ParkerGale's People Ops team. Having w...
The Paul Stansik Interview
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Jimmy talk to ParkerGale Operating Principal, Paul Stansik -- DECA medal winner and ex-professional Lacrosse player.
The Case for Outsourced HR
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Guest hosts Jimmy Holloran and Ryan Milligan invite Andy Hulett onto the funcast to discuss the benefits of outsourced HR for small, growing businesse...
CEO Interview with Conrad Clemson of EditShare
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Jimmy Holloran talks with EditShare CEO Conrad Clemson. Find out how a physics major from William & Mary ended up working as a private e...
Do you really need continuous delivery to write production software?
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More madness with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson and special guest Tom Shore. We talk about the just how much automation and software tooling do ...
Bad Vendor Email Solicitations
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Jimmy Holloran talks with Jim about the bevy of useless email solicitations that we get after every deal announcement. We talk about the ...
Rick Noble Interview
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode, we talk with Rick Noble, CEO of Aircraft Technical Publishers. He has led several market-leading digital publishing organizatio...
It's the Jimmy Holloran Interview
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with ParkerGale's newest addition to the Operating Team handling talent management -- Jimmy Holloran. He joins us from the mean streets of...
Discussing Paul Graham's "Makers versus Managers"
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and the MacLaurin Group Team -- Alan, "The Mad Scotsman", Jim Headley and Kelley Powell tackle Paul Graham's "Makers versus Managers" essay. H...
How to Land a CFO Job
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Devin interviews True Search Partner and CFO-whisperer Matt Goldstein about how to land a CFO job at a PE-backed company. They cover the process from ...
The Mad Scotsman Embraces Node.JS (and other surprises)
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson and his partner in crime, Jim Headley, of the MacLaurin Group. Alan and Jim give us their thumbs up...
Predictions for 2019
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim talk about macro and micro events for 2019 including; the global economy, the U.S. economy, politics, the tech market and the implicatio...
The Messy Marketplace Interview
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A far-reaching conversation with Brent Beshore, CEO of adventur.es, a buyout shop based in Columbia, Missouri. Brent recently released his book "The...
2018 Annual Thanksgiving Show
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
No awkward musical guests or actors passed-their-prime --- just Devin and Jim giving thanks for another year of fun with the podcast.
Systems Pillar Deep Dive - It's all about sales opportunities
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with ParkerGale Operating Principal, Jake Petoskey, about optimizing back office systems at portfolio companies. In this episode we focu...
ParkerGale's Operations Pillars
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode in a five-episode arc discussing ParkerGale's four operating pillars: Systems, Talent, Growth and Product. In part one, Devin and...
Interview with Len Finkle, CEO of Profisee
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first in a series of interviews with the CEOs of ParkerGale's portfolio companies. In this week's episode, we talk with Len Finkle, CEO of Profi...
The Career Wayback Machine
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week's topic comes from our listeners and it's one of our favorite subjects -- us! It's the "how did we get into private equity" episode. So...
2018 Private Markets Due Diligence Survey
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Talking with Drake Paulson and Graeme Faulds from eVestment, a Nasdaq company, about the results of their 2018 Private Markets Due Diligence Survey. F...
Scoping Market Due Diligence with Parthenon/EY - Part II
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of our scoping conversation with Jay Bartlett and Joe Repp from EY-Parthenon. This time we flip the conversation and talk about un...
Scoping Market Due Diligence with Parthenon/EY
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with Jay Bartlett from EY-Parthenon talking about scoping due diligence processes for private equity deals with special guest, Joe Repp. ...
More Stack Overflow with Alan Williamson
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A follow-up conversation with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson. This time we're talking about the technology section of the 2018 Stack Overflow dev...
Stack Overflows 2018 Developer Survey
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson, returns to the funcast for a lively discussion of Stack Overflow's 2018 Developer survey. We talk about all thing...
The Evolving Role of the Operating Partner with Jay Bartlett
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Bartlett from Parthenon is back on the funcast to talk about the evolving role of the operating partner in private equity. The EY-Parthenon te...
The Fatal Flaw Episode
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Devin talk about the one or two characteristics that can blow an otherwise terrific executive out of the water. It's Bill Simmons' 90/10 rul...
March Madness 2018
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our day jobs have been getting in the way of our podcasting ... but the long wait is over, we are back in the saddle with our annual March Madness Epi...
A Brief History of Computing
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Devin walk through the list of technology companies where Jim has worked over the years. We talk about the lessons learned as they apply to PE...
The Case For 1st Time Funds with PitchBook
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim kick-off their collaboration with PitchBook, the leading private equity and private company database now owned by Morningstar. Nizar and...
Macroeconomics and Private Equity
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim talk about the major macroeconomic factors that affect Private Equity. Here's a hint -- it's mostly a robust economy and lower in...
Halloween 2017 Special
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim talk about the four basic Halloween villains -- Vampires, Frankenstein, Werewolves and Mummies -- and how PE deals often end up as one o...
Welcome Cici Zheng
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin & Jim welcome ParkerGale's newest teammate to the FunCast. Cici joined us from Bain & Co to manage our go-to-market activities across the portfo...
How To Teach People Stuff
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and his daughter Quinn spend an hour with high school English teacher Nathaniel Small on exploring the challenges of teaching people. We talk ab...
Buyouts from the Sellers' Side
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listener Request! Devin & Jim take a look at private equity deals from the sellers' side of the table and cover questions such as: How do you select a...
What the heck is a Digital Strategy?
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Talking with Anthony Onesto of the Konrad Group about "Digital Strategy". It means different things to different people and we make an attempt to defi...
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim sit down with NextGen Growth Partners founder Brian O'Connor to discuss search funds, pledge funds, traditional funds and all the simila...
Summer Reading List
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim take a random walk down their reading list of favorite business and research books. We mention some old favorites and some hidden gems...
Confusing PE Jargon Explained
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin (and Jim from behind the sound board) welcomes back Cass and Ben for a mad-cap review of all the confusing terms and phrases thrown around the t...
What is a Dividend Recap?
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim break down the what, how, why and when of the often maligned, but rarely explained, process of PE funds taking money out of companies be...
How to develop an Investment Thesis
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim go deep on their process for developing investment theses. They cover: where to start, tools to hone your thesis, how to fight confirmat...
Ship of Theseus Episode
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim were inspired to delve into the "Ship of Theseus" story in the first episode from season two of Gladwell's "Revisionist History". If w...
AE Marketing Group Interview with Kristina Heinze
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rebroadcast of Brian Walker from AE Marketing Group interviewing partner Kristina Heinze-- talking about leadership, women in private equity and brand...
Talent Management 201
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Devin sits down with Myra D'Souza, ParkerGale's head of talent management. They cover how to get into private equity from the HR side of the house; wh...
Customer Analytics 101
04 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An introduction to customer analytics with Ben Falloon and Jake Petoskey from the ParkerGale team. The first of several episodes tackling the tricky...
Makers vs. Menders -- The Corgibytes Interview
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jim talks with Andrea Goulet and M. Scott Ford from Corgibytes -- specialists in software remodeling. This is a continuing conversation on technical...
Jake? Jake's my boy!
07 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Devin sit down with ParkerGale Principal Jake Petoskey to discuss his path to private equity thru the operating side of the house. Similar to ...
Talent Management 101
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We spend an hour talking with Anthony Onesto from the Konrad Group. We've known Anthony as a cutting-edge thinker in the Human Capital Management sp...
Book Club : Thinking Fast and Slow
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Limited Partner, John McCarthy, is back for another book club episode. This time we talk about Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow -- and how ...
Annual March Madness Episode 2017
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
By popular demand ... it's our annual March Madness Episode from two guys that know nothing about college basketball but love bracketology. It's ...
A Brief Introduction to Information Security
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jim spends an hour talking about Information Security with Evolve Security's CEO -- Paul Petefish. We keep bumping into Pete and his team at 1871 - ...
How to Interview Good
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jim, Devin and Ryan sit down to discuss why people are so bad at interviewing and what they did to fix their own mistakes. They cover the strategy and...
Fundraising Part IV -- Interview with an LP
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Limited Partner Mike McClure sits down for a discussion about the other side of the fundraising table. We cover: the first meeting, following up and w...
Updated ParkerGale Technology Stack - Basecamp eats Slack
24 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past year we've changed out a number of tools and software that we use to manage the fund. Come have a listen and find out what things we'v...
We're Hiring!
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
ParkerGale is looking to add three professional to our team -- two Principals focused on Operations and one Associate for the Investment team. Take a ...
Fundraising Part III
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode in our Fundraising series. We spend an hour talking with John Cosgrove from Beartooth Advisors - the team that worked as our age...
Why Due Diligence Fails
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Devin spend an hour talking with Jay Bartlett and Scott Orleck from Parthenon-EY Ernst & Young LLP. We've worked extensively with Jay and Sc...
Fundraising Part II
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode of our trifecta covering the raising of ParkerGale's first fund. This episode starts off where we left our intrepid heroes just ...
Book Club: "The Most Important Thing"
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and ParkerGale Limited Partner John McCarthy continue their book club series with an investing classic, "The Most Important Thing" by Howard Mar...
Book Club: "Rumsfeld's Rules"
22 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and ParkerGale Limited Partner John McCarthy kick off their book club series with an unusual choice, "Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Bu...
Fundraising: Part 1
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Devin and Jim spend an hour talking about the strategy and tactics of raising ParkerGale's first fund. This episode covers the pre-launch up to the fu...
DDOS -- An infinite number of kids on an infinite number of school busses
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jim and Alan talk about a scary subject on our Halloween episode -- Distributed Denial of Service attacks. Two weeks ago the internet experienced an...
Talking Tech with a Coding Bootcamp Graduate
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We had a great conversation with Kevin Hurley, a recent graduate from Fullstack Academy. Kevin is a high school math teacher who caught the coding bu...