Beer Stories for Private Equity
Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity: a virtual happy, tapping into 28 years of private equity experience… one pint at a time.
Episodes
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 22nd episode, we are, again, joined by Kris Kluver to conclude our special two-part episode.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Kris Kluver challenge conventional private equity thinking by rejecting the slow-growth “J-curve” model and advocating for rapid ROI and clear, collaborative performance goals post...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 21st episode, we are joined by Kris Kluver for a special two-part episode.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Kris Kluver discuss why growth requires discomfort, how leaders can break through personal and organizational barriers, and what it really takes to scale companies like Exodus through audacity and c...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 20th episode, Reed Van Gorden, Managing Director at Deerpath Capital, joins us again.
In a first for Beer Stories, Scott and Reed just riff on the impact on the lower middle market from the day-to-day political and economic developments being implemented by the Trump administration.
We know you’ll be engage...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 19th episode, we are joined by Stephen Kelly, Co-Managing Partner at Ivy Capital in Dublin.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Stephen discuss Stephen’s early journey—from his time at Trinity College and experiences traveling through Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia to founding Ivy Capital with a ...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 18th episode, we are joined by Alex Rawling, Founder and Managing Partner at Raw Selection, an executive search firm based in Leeds, UK.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Alex discuss Alex's journey in founding Raw Selection focusing on PE, the key differentiators of his firm, including their proprietary d...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our Season 2 premiere, we welcome our friend Tim Brackney, CEO of Springline Advisory, a portco of Trinity Hunt Partners.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Tim discuss Tim’s upbringing in Bangladesh, his journey scaling Resources Global Professionals (RGP) from $100M to over $800M in revenue as President and C...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In this special "Go Fungal" Takeover episode, our friend and podcast production partner, Matt Cornelison from Fungi Media, flips the script—taking over as guest host and putting Scott in the hot seat.
Among their beer stories, Matt and Scott dive into Fungi’s marketing expertise, best practices for LinkedIn, how pr...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our Season 1 finale, we are joined by John Bova, an Independent Operating Partner based in Connecticut.
Among their beer stories, Scott and John discuss business transformation through brand, finance, operations, technology and marketing, focusing on how brand creates significant value in portcos. They also disc...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 15th episode, we are joined by Derek Zacarias, Director of DAK Group.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Derek discuss his personal journey into investment banking, DAK Group’s expertise in helping founders connect with the right PE firms, MonogramGroup’s parallels to DAK Group in partnering with portcos to...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 14th episode, we are joined by Harry Gray, CEO of Kelvin Group.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Harry discuss his military background and how it translates to the business world, his experience as a leader in private equity, the ins and outs of Kelvin Group as a national rollup, and what differentia...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our 13th episode, we are joined by John Signa, CEO of E78 Partners.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and John discuss the early days after starting his firm, the significance of brand identity as a key driver to scaling an enterprise, and how he handled the rapid expansion of E78 Partners. They also examine ...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our latest episode, we welcome our friend and client Amy Silverstein, Partner at e2p as our guest.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Amy discuss her substantive career shift from Deloitte partner to PE partner, the profound role of ESG within food investing, and the power of personal branding and relation...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our latest episode, we welcome our friend and client Jarrett Turner, Founding & Managing Partner at Soundcore Capital Partners as our guest.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Jarrett discuss his career path and deciding to create his own PE firm in his early 30s, with a quite different and thoughtful ...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our tenth episode, we welcome a new friend in the business (and podcast competitor) Charlie Gifford, Senior Partner at New Heritage Capital, as our guest.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Charlie discuss Boston and Chicago, his career path, being a generalist in a world of specialist PE firms (The Privat...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our ninth episode, we welcome our friend and client Jim Parmelee, Managing Director at Hamilton Robinson as our guest.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Jim discuss his career path and joining the firm he has called home for seven years. Jim also shares a few insights about how his love of learning was sh...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our eighth episode, we welcome our longtime friend and former client Dave Swanson, one of the founding partners of Antares Capital, as our guest.
Among their many, many beer stories, Scott and Dave discuss his career path and being a part of the building process of the premier middle market credit provider. Dav...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our seventh episode, we welcome our friend and client Reed Van Gorden, Managing Director and Head of Originations at Deerpath Capital as our guest.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and Reed discuss his career path and being a part of the building process of one of the premier middle market credit providers. ...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our sixth episode, Scott is joined by MaryJeanne (MJ) Scott, a Managing Partner at JM Search in Philadelphia.
The two engage in a stimulating convo focused on why smart, effective recruiting for C-suite talent is a must for all PE deal execs, and how JM Search uniquely approaches this process for optimal results...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our fifth episode, Scott is joined by George Pilafas of Continuim Equity Partners for a very rousing discussion.
Among their many beer stories, Scott and George share a great discussion about PE's Kaizen-led firm, Continuim, whose name is derived from Continuous Improvement. They talk about applying Kaizen to P...
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Welcome to Beer Stories for Private Equity! In our fourth episode, Scott is joined by Aaron Clark of Stephens Group for a great show.
Among their many beer stories, the two share some laughs, mixing in some thoughtful commentary on working for a family office. Aaron has been Managing Director since the firm's founding in 2006; advising partners across inter...
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