Exit Strategies w/ Thoma Bravo’s Holden ...

We ask the co-founders of NOVA Infrastructure about the investment opportunities flying beneath the radar of large infrastructure investors, and the value that can be created by professionalizing smaller businesses. 

In part two of our interview series, Ares Co-President Kipp deVeer explains where the firm sees the strongest opportunities in the “new economy," and why it’s moving from financing data centers to building them. 

We ask the Co-President of Ares what’s really happening in the private credit market, the advantages of being a scale player, and where he sees performance dispersion among managers. 

Orlando Bravo is a Founder and Managing Partner of Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm focused on software and technology companies with over $78 billion in assets under management. Among his many accolades, Forbes named Orlando “Wall Street’s best dealmaker” in 2019. Our conversa ... Show More

Scott Crabill is a Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo, the software and technology specialist with $120 billion in asset under management. He joined Thoma Bravo twenty years ago to help develop its software investment strategy. RealPage is a technology platform that enables real est ... Show More

In the world of entrepreneurship, we dream about the BIG EXIT. We talk about mergers, acquisitions and IPOs… But there's one exit strategy that's often whispered about Selling to private equity. Today, we're pulling back the curtain on this mysterious world with someone who's not ... Show More

In this special Beyond the Deal mini-sode, Thoma Bravo Co-Founders and Managing Partners Carl Thoma and Orlando Bravo go beyond their long, storied and industry-shaping partnership to discuss the importance of fostering relationships, focusing on performance and staying humble wh ... Show More

<p>Tom Hopkins, "America's #1 sales trainer", returns to the Magnetic Marketing podcast to continue his coaching on the vital fundamentals of sales that every entrepreneur should know.</p> <p>From test questions, to handling concerns, to actually closing the sale, Tom expertly te ... Show More

In this Beyond the Deal mini-sode, Nasdaq Chair and CEO Adena Friedman and Thoma Bravo Managing Partner and Nasdaq Board Member Holden Spaht discuss Adena’s thirty-year career at Nasdaq, how changing jobs can develop your management style, and how you can literally look for luck ... Show More

Jim and Devin are back together on this latest episode, talking about Exits for portfolio companies.  How do we time our exits? Do we get unsolicited offers or do we take them to market? When does management get involved? These are just a few of the questions that we answer on th ... Show More

We’re continuing our conversation with Ankur Shah, ex-CFO of Careem, the largest venture-backed exit in our region. If you haven’t heard it yet, you can listen to Part I in your podcast app, where we talk about his insights on recent market conditions and his 3T framework. On Par ... Show More

Welcome to another episode of the Natural Born Leader Podcast! In today's episode, I'm diving into a topic that's not just crucial for my sales team but for every entrepreneur out there. It's all about mastering the art of communicating your value proposition. Join me as I break ... Show More