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Tom Barber on the Design of Winning Private Equity Firms

Axial

Today’s conversation is with Tom Barber, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at SBJ Capital ([link] a California-based private equity firm investing into the consumer and business services verticals. If you’re a business owner, professional acquirer, or M&A advisor, you can start using Axial for free at Axial.com.

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MiB: David Roux, BayPine, Silver Lake Partners

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with David Roux , Executive Chairman of BayPine , a private equity firm focused on digital transformation. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and Bloomberg.

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How private equity firms can make software implementation a cinch

Cobalt

Approaching software implementation with intentionality and foresight allows private equity and venture capital firms to reap the benefits of investment portfolio management software—from advanced collaboration capabilities and sophisticated analytics to streamlined reporting and personalized dashboards —with minimal discomfort.

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MiB: Graham Weaver, Alpine Investors 

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Graham Weaver, who is the founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, a private equity firm in San Francisco that invests in software and services. Graham has been in private equity for over 20 years, having started Alpine in his dorm room at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

She discusses how the four largest private equity firms — Apollo Global Management (APO), The Blackstone Group (BX), The Carlyle Group (CG), and KKR & Co. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , and Bloomberg.

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MiB: Michael Fisch, American Securities

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Michael Fisch , CEO and co-founder of American Securities , a $27-billion dollar private equity firm. He is a managing member of the general partners of the American Securities Partners’ series of private equity funds and a member of the investment committee of AS Birch Grove.

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MiB: David Layton, CEO of Partners Group

The Big Picture

Layton explains how the firm is more like a large industrial conglomerate running wholly owned subsidiaries than a private equity firm buying firms to flip them at a profit. The firm spends as much as 5 years prior to making an acquisition.