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 questions to ask when you are hiring Engineering and Software Development leaders.
Read MoreContinuing our on-going series of interviews with ParkerGale portfolio company CEOs, Jimmy interviews Tom Obermaier, CEO of Rippe and Kingston. We talk baseball, growing up in New York, leadership lessons from President Washington, rising to Chief Risk Officer at Citi Bank at the time of the financial crisis, and his evolution as a CEO at RDC and Rippe.
Read MoreParkerGale Capital is excited to announce that Dean Olson has joined its team as an Associate. Dean will support investment sourcing and monitoring activities and will assist portfolio company management.
Read MoreJim talks with fellow Babson College Alum, current portfolio company CTO, Tom Shore about application software from the early 80s through today. We talk Digital Equipment PDP/11s all the way through the current no-code fascination.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreBuckle your seatbelts for a fast-paced conversation with Dave Kellogg. We reconnected recently and met up up in Chicago at ParkerGale’s “intergalactic headquarters” for a pretty broad-ranging conversation about a recent blog post that Dave wrote (Things to Avoid in Selecting an Executive Job at a Startup) along with a lot of interaction about differences between PE-land and VC-land. Come have a listen -- where else are you going to hear the phrase "Axe Battle of Differentiation"?
Read MoreJim and Jimmy talk to ParkerGale Operating Principal, Paul Stansik -- DECA medal winner and ex-professional Lacrosse player.
Read MoreJim and Jimmy talk to ParkerGale Operating Principal, Paul Stansik -- DECA medal winner and ex-professional Lacrosse player.
Read MoreGuest hosts Jimmy Holloran and Ryan Milligan invite Andy Hulett onto the funcast to discuss the benefits of outsourced HR for small, growing businesses. Turns out there’s a lot more to it than managing benefits and payroll.
Read MoreGuest host Jimmy Holloran talks with EditShare CEO Conrad Clemson. Find out how a physics major from William & Mary ended up working as a private equity CEO.
Read MoreMore madness with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson and special guest Tom Shore. We talk about the just how much automation and software tooling do you need to write applications. The big social media software companies would claim that nothing short of continuous delivery is enough. But is this really necessary for smaller companies that are delivering enterprise-class applications?
Read MoreGuest host Jimmy Holloran talks with Jim about the bevy of useless email solicitations that we get after every deal announcement. We talk about the PE 2/20 model and how it applies to buying services from vendors -- and the right and wrong ways to pitch PE funds.
Read MoreRick Noble has had a long career running technology companies big and small. He talks to Jim about his path to PE-backed CEO, his days on the Canadian Ski Patrol and gets in a few pop culture references himself.
Read MoreJim talks with ParkerGale's latest addition to our Operating team, Jimmy Holloran. Jimmy's path from selling phones to teaching math, to consulting to private equity is interesting and informative.
Read MoreJim sits down with CultureIQ Founder and CEO Greg Besner to talk about his experience working for a PE-backed company.
Read MoreJim is re-joined by our friends at the MacLaurin Group to discuss the push and pull of managing creators like programmers and writers who need uninterrupted time to complete their work.
Read MoreDevin interviews Matt Goldstein, Partner at True Search and CFO whisperer, about who to land a CFO job at a PE-backed company.
Read MoreWe're back with the Mad Scotsman, Alan Williamson, and his partner in crime, Jim Headley, of the MacLaurin Group.
Read MoreDevin & Jim talk about the macro and the micro events for 2019 including: the global economy, the U.S. economy, politics, the tech market and the implications for private equity in the new year.
Read MoreUnderstanding what private equity’s most common deal document actually means.
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