What Really Defines A Great Leader?One Friday afternoon at my old PE fund we were discussing a particular CEO in our portfolio of companies and whether they were a good CEO…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Thinking BigWhen I was managing a Private Equity fund, my team and I were once sitting with the management of one of our companies whose revenue had…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
Are You An Oxymoron?A fundamental Catch-22, certainly in the investment world but also in most others, is that the very attributes that enable individuals to…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
The Commonality of Problem . . . and of SolutionsI used to manage a Private Equity fund that had a broad and opportunistic mandate; we did growth equity, buyouts and distressed investing…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
A Better Way to ThinkI really enjoy lateral thinking puzzles [My favorite: A guy is going the wrong way down a one-way street. A cop sees him, but doesn’t give…Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020