Introducing Brendan Anderson Brendan Anderson is the Founder and Managing Partner of ScaleCo Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm focusing on control-oriented leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments in fast-growing companies. Scalable partners with companies to bring operational expertise and strategic resources to scale a business's gr ... Show More
Jun 2
Are law firms ripe for Private Equity investment
In this episode, Alex Rawlings speaks with Adil Taha, a private equity operator specialising in the UK legal sector. They explore why private equity has struggled to scale law firms, the challenges of buy-and-build strategies, and why many legal businesses are weaker than they ap ... Show More
53m 34s
May 26
Why Most PE-Backed Companies Are Invisible to AI Search
In this episode, Alex Rawlings speaks with Shiv Narayanan, CEO of How to SaaS, about how private equity firms can use marketing and AI as value creation levers. They discuss why many B2B companies underinvest in marketing, how AI is changing buyer behavior, and why brand authorit ... Show More
26m 13s
May 19
How to manage the priorities between the executive team and the investor
In this episode of the Raw Selection Private Equity Podcast, Alex Rawlings speaks with Christina Haxton about the relationship between private equity firms and portfolio company leadership teams.They discuss how trust, communication, alignment, and culture impact execution during ... Show More
30m 34s
Mar 2023
TIP540: Lessons in Life and Business from a Self-Made Billionaire w/ Andrew Wilkinson
Trey chats with billionaire entrepreneur and investor, Mr. Andrew Wilkinson. They discuss various topics, including self-care and parenting, as well as exciting deals he collaborated on with Bill Ackman and Howard Marks.
Andrew is the co-founder of Tiny, which has been called the ... Show More
1h 2m
Jan 2024
Erik Serrano - Investing in Investment Firms - [Invest Like the Best, EP.358]
My guest today is Erik Serrano. Erik is the CEO of Stable Asset Management, which he started 14 years ago in his early 20s and has scaled to over $3 billion in AUM. Unusually, Stable’s strategy focuses on other investing firms. They look to back the Blackstone's of tomorrow and p ... Show More
1h 27m
Feb 2024
TIP607: Small But Mighty: Uncovering Smallcap Value w/ Paul Andreola
Kyle talks to Paul Andreola about how he evaluates smallcap stocks, why flipping over as many rocks as possible is such a strong strategy, why to put all your focus on profitable growing businesses, why the PEG ratio is so important for finding great opportunities, the importance ... Show More
51m 47s
May 2023
RWH027: High-Quality Investing w/ Christopher Begg
In this episode, William Green chats with hedge fund manager Christopher Begg, who is the CEO, Chief Investment Officer, & co-founder of East Coast Asset Management. Chris is also a revered professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches the Security Analysis class that w ... Show More
2h 7m
Sep 2023
RWH032: The Vigilant Investor w/ Chris Bloomstran
In this episode, William Green chats with Chris Bloomstran, President & Chief Investment Officer of Semper Augustus. This conversation is so rich that it’s been divided into two episodes. Here, in Part 1, Chris explains how to achieve long-term success by seeking a “dual margin o ... Show More
1h 22m
Dec 2023
Brookfield CEO: Private vs. public markets, investment style and value creation
<p>Bruce Flatt became the CEO of Brookfield in 2002 when the company was primarily a Canadian-based real estate firm with a market value of $5 billion. Under his leadership, it transformed into a global alternative asset manager, managing over $850 billion in assets acr ... Show More
48m 36s