The latest episode in our Fundraising series. We spend an hour talking with John Cosgrove from Beartooth Advisors - the team that worked as our agents on the ParkerGale fund.
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 MoreThis episode starts off where we left our intrepid heroes just after their first close in September, 2015. Come have a listen as we talk about our decision to hire a placement agent and our marathon of trips in late winter/early spring in pursuit of capital.
Read MoreDevin and ParkerGale Limited Partner John McCarthy continue their book club series with an investing classic, "The Most Important Thing" by Howard Marks.
Read MoreDevin and ParkerGale Limited Partner John McCarthy kick off their book club series with an unusual choice, "Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life" by Donald Rumsfeld.
Read MoreJim and Alan talk about a scary subject on our Halloween episode -- Distributed Denial of Service attacks.
Read MoreDevin 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 fund's first close.
Read MoreOur exhaustive review of the fundraising process for ParkerGale's first fund. We cover the strategy for launching the fund as well as the tactics we used to raise $240 million.
Read MoreAfter three years working with the ParkerGale team at our old firm and spending two years getting my MBA, I decided to re-join the team. Here is why.
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 MoreJim and Alan spend an hour arguing about whether you should consider bolting an application programming interface onto older applications as a path to modernizing them.
Read MoreWe all know there are tons of Private Equity funds. So what are the ways they try to stand out from the crowd? We cover the four biggies: Focus, Size, Sourcing and Team.
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!
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