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On June 23, I joined the Capital Allocators podcast to discuss some of the pressing challenges facing the private equity industry today, with a particular focus on the ongoing liquidity crisis. This is an unprecedented and, I would argue, an underappreciated problem for the indus ... Show More

[This episode originally aired on July 12, 2023] In part two of our conversation with Ian Charles, we reflect on a career of consummate innovation in the secondaries market. 

[This episode originally aired on June 22, 2023] Ian Charles, the managing partner of Arctos’ Sports Partners, takes us inside the world of sports investing. 

It’s the season finale of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch and the final chance for one more round of entrepreneurs to secure life-changing investments from our board. As always, entrepreneurs have 60 seconds to pitch their big ideas. If our board of investors likes what they hear, th ... Show More

Peter Lynch taught us to buy what we know. Can successful investing be that simple? And if we know and love the companies we own, how should we go about selling them? How are we supposed to remember why we bought these stocks in the first place? All this and more in month's mailb ... Show More

After a year of smooth sailing for US stocks, the word of 2025 has been “dispersion.” How can investors take advantage of this more complicated environment? Brian Garrett, head of the equity execution team on the Cross Asset Sales desk in Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, d ... Show More

Over the past few weeks, Netflix has made some big moves by launching its own merchandise store and signing on the services of none other than Steven Spielberg. Of course, the big question for investors is… when is Netflix-Land opening?In this episode, we also:Discuss why Ford's ... Show More

Devin Redmond is with Stessa, a new property management software startup based in the San Francisco Bay area. On today's show we are talking about some of the limitations of many of the established applications in the market and how a bigger picture can help investors manage thei ... Show More

SPACs - special-purpose acquisition companies - are the latest rage in finance. They are firms designed to help another go public by going around the traditional IPO process to raise funding, and The Wall Street Journal estimates that so far this year, five new SPACs are formed d ... Show More

It wasn’t very long ago that venture capital was so free-flowing it seemed as if any entrepreneur with a half-decent idea could raise an initial round of financing. Those halcyon days are clearly now past us, with inflation, rising interest rates, and slowing economic growth (or ... Show More

Many companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence right now, hoping to improve both efficiency and innovation. But, as with any technology that sees widespread adoption, AI itself won't be enough to build a long-term advantage over competitors, says Jay Barney, prof ... Show More

Introducing Brian ScanlonBrian Scanlon is the managing partner at Deal Gen Partners, a deal-generation service sourcing deals for Private Equity Funds and Strategic Acquirers. Currently, DealGen Partners manages $2.7B in buy-side mandate and has generated over $900M in deal value ... Show More

After a dreadful start to the year, US tech stocks have regained their momentum. What’s driving the rally, and how should investors position now? Peter Callahan, the US Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector specialist within Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, discu ... Show More