Best But Never Final: Private Equity's Pursuit of Excellence
Join Doug McCormick from HCI Equity Partners, Lloyd Metz from ICV Partners, and Sean Mooney from BluWave as they explore timely private equity topics and offer their seasoned perspectives on crucial areas of focus within the industry. Gain valuable insights from these industry experts in this engaging podcast tailored for PE professionals.
Podcasting since 2024 • 43 episodes
Best But Never Final: Private Equity's Pursuit of Excellence
Latest Episodes
Private Equity Career Lessons from 25 Years with Meranee Phing Naaman
Meranee Phing Naaman, a trailblazer with over 25 years in private equity and two decades as a senior investment partner at Riverside Company, shares hard-won lessons from building and scaling businesses in consumer markets. She explains why IQ ...
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Episode 41
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59:32
Private Equity Valuation: Academia vs. Reality
Sean Mooney, Doug McCormick, and Lloyd Metz dissect the gap between textbook valuation methods and what actually happens when private equity firms decide what to pay for a business. They compare DCF models to LBO models, debate the usefulness o...
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Episode 40
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48:09
When Things Go Wrong, Part II: Taking Action When Performance Slips
In this continuation of their conversation on portfolio performance, co-hosts Lloyd Metz (ICV Partners), Doug McCormick (HCI Equity Partners), and Sean Mooney (BluWave) move from diagnosis to action: what to actually do...
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Episode 39
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45:44
When Things Go Wrong: Diagnosing and Fixing Portfolio Problems
Private equity is messy in real time. In this episode, co-hosts Lloyd Metz (ICV Partners), Doug McCormick (HCI Equity Partners), and Sean Mooney (BluWave) lay out practical ways to spot trouble early, separate market shifts from operator errors...
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Episode 38
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