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Private Equity FunCast

ParkerGale Capital

Your favorite GP's favorite podcast. Occasionally insightful, always entertaining. Deep dives into how private equity works, what happens after the deal closes, how money gets raised, and how companies get bought and sold. And everything in between with healthy doses of pop culture and humor. Straight from the team at ParkerGale Capital.For educational and entertainment purposes only. Not investment advice. Additional disclosures at www.parkergale.com.

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352 episodes

  1. Why Nobody Defaults Anymore (w/ Kenny Tang, PitchBook) 1:07:19
  2. Parker Gals | Why an English Major Is a Secret Weapon in Finance (w/ Kate Nimmo, PSG) 37:25
  3. How Private Equity Carves a Business Out of a Company 49:43
  4. Parker Gals | How I Became a Chief of Staff (w/ Lena Diasti, Ariel Investments) 39:14
  5. Measure Engineering Like You Measure Sales (w/ Dan Bender & Kirby Montgomery, Code & Co.) 59:30
  6. Parker Gals | Trust Over Transactions: The Heart of Private Equity (w/ Nori Welles-Gertz, ParkerGale) 39:01
  7. The Deal Closed. Now What? 38:01
  8. Parker Gals | Building a Med Spa Roll-Up from Scratch (w/ Amanda Blank, Founders Beauty Group) 41:37
  9. 11 Years as a PE-Backed CFO: What Sponsors Actually Want (w/ Jon Apter, Accordion) 1:00:19
  10. Parker Gals | From Advising to Investing: Building a Career in PE (w/ Katie Yuan, Hg Capital) 40:58
  11. Relationships are the Atomic Unit of Deal Flow (w/ Ken Fine, CEO of Affinity) 1:11:16
  12. Parker Gals | How a College Point Guard Built a PE Career (w/ Brogan Magnarelli, Riverspan Partners) 49:38
  13. Diminishing Returns to Scale in Private Equity (w/ Andrew Akers, PitchBook) 1:09:42
  14. Parker Gals | Why Private Equity is for Everyone (w/ Jessica Patton, 5th Century Partners) 48:18
  15. Building Your 2027 AI Budget (w/ Justin D'Onofrio, Accordion) 57:18
  16. Parker Gals | Everything's 'Figure-Out-Able': Going All In (w/ Hannah Song, Promus Equity Partners) 49:51
  17. Understanding Management Equity: What PE CEOs Should Know 44:17
  18. What's Wrong in Private Equity (w/ Lee McCabe) 1:07:43
  19. Parker Gals | The PE Career Path Nobody Plans For (w/ Angela McCoy, May River) 47:07
  20. Can You Still Trust Tech Due Diligence? (w/ Jason Gill & Kirby Montgomery, Code & Co.) 1:15:22
  21. Parker Gals | Private Equity Isn't Just for "PE Guys" (w/Caroline Carman, Rallyday Partners) 40:45
  22. How PE Firms Are Actually Using AI Right Now (w/ Kate Hopkins, OneGuide) 57:09
  23. Parker Gals |The Career Switcher's Guide to Private Equity (w/ Maggie Pugel, Frontenac) 34:08
  24. Another False Start: PitchBook's H1 2026 Private Equity Data (w/ Steven Buibish) 1:09:16
  25. Introducing "Parker Gals": Meet Cass & Liz 48:55
  26. Private Equity's About to Get a Lot Less Private (w/ Kevin Hsu of Lumonic) 1:01:46
  27. PE GUY Meets an Actual PE Guy 1:18:25
  28. From Sales Rep to $4B GTM Leader: The Playbook for Building Sales Teams (w/ Sam Levy of NetSuite) 1:08:58
  29. How a Tough PE Market & AI are Changing Exec Search (w/ Nick Cromydas of Hunt Club) 51:51
  30. Financial Modeling Will Never be the Same (w/ Tarun Amasa of Endex) 57:44
  31. Private Equity is Coming For Your 401(k) (w/ PitchBook's Nizar Tarhuni) 54:13
  32. Will AI Kill Consulting? (w/ IGS CEO Matt Umscheid) 58:57
  33. How Private Equity Is Rethinking AI & Tech Due Diligence (According to Code & Co.) 1:23:48
  34. What's Working NOW At Private Equity Owned Companies 24:18
  35. Inside Private Equity's AI-led Transformation (w/ Kyle Roemer of Accordion) 1:17:47
  36. How We Broke Into Private Equity 40:50
  37. The Secret Formula to Drive Your Company's Growth 58:35
  38. The Right Way to Hire Salespeople 1:00:24
  39. How Operating Partners Create Value in Private Equity 46:00
  40. The Evolution of PE Ops 1:00:25
  41. 10 Lessons From 10 Years Running Our Own Private Equity Firm 1:02:15
  42. The Private Equity Glossary - 50(ish) Terms You Should Know 1:12:49
  43. The Ghost of Software Future 1:30:49
  44. When And How To Sell Your Company 58:37
  45. You Just Bought A Company. Now What? 52:35
  46. How Private Equity ACTUALLY Buys Companies 1:23:49
  47. How to Survive Raising Your First Private Equity Fund 1:17:40
  48. How do you start a private equity firm from scratch? 1:13:22
  49. Private Equity Predictions 2026 49:55
  50. Software Holdcos in Australia 56:49