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Sean Mooney on the Growth Think Tank Podcast

Recently, BluWave founder & CEO, Sean Mooney, spoke with Gene Hammett on the Growth Think Tank podcast about what we at BluWave call the Karma School of Business. They discussed BluWave, what the first few years were like as Sean was growing the business, and the important leadership value of helping others be successful. Sean shares with Gene a practical example of how during COVID, we at BluWave saw a focus on helping others lead to dramatic growth. They also discuss other important...
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PE Firms

Operating Partners’ Forum Recap | January 2022

Every quarter we gather Operating Executives in PE to discuss current industry topics and to offer peers the chance to gather, share information, and decompress with one another. In our most recent event, we gathered to discuss lessons learned in 2021 that will be reinforced in 2022, creative ways to respond to the Great Resignation outside of paying portco teams significantly more, lessons learned from the seismic shift in traditional economy companies from field sales to inside sales...
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PE Firms, Operations

2021 Annual BluWave Insights

Every quarter, BluWave reviews data from 500+ private equity fund engagements to identify market trends and performance insights. Our Q4 2021 Report includes in-depth year-over-year analysys from 2019 to 2021—offering a comprehensive view of private equity activity and evolving industry dynamics. (Download your copy here). Key findings from our annual analysis included a sharp increase in the rise of human capital activity and rebounding of operational investment post-COVID. Learn more about...
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PE Firms, Due Diligence

Proactive ESG Steps for Private Equity Firms to Enhance Investment Returns

ESG has grown in importance and prominence amongst the investing community in the past few months. After a year and a half of unprecedented times, investors have found that they can help cause positive change by placing a focus on ESG. Additionally, investors have found that ESG criteria often points to improved long-term returns, with roughly 53% of institutional investors agreeing that companies with better ESG track records generate better investment returns. With the importance of ESG...
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PE Firms, Operations, Due Diligence

Why BluWave was built with deal quarterbacks in mind

As a deal quarterback in private equity, Sean Mooney often struggled with getting connected to the PE-grade, specialized resources he needed to drive differential success. Sean found himself spending lots of time searching for providers on google and calling friends in search of an exact-fit service provider. This made the diligence process time-consuming and stressful. It also left only a small amount of time for the other things that matter. In order to combat this pressing issue, Sean came...
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PE Firms, Deal Team

How BluWave facilitates due diligence for deal QBs

BluWave founder and CEO, Sean Mooney, recently shared his personal experiences as a private equity deal quarterback and how that led to him founding BluWave. Sean learned through his own experiences that due diligence for deal QBs is a flawed process. He found there are far too many generalist providers that don’t quite fit the bill for the specialized needs they are trying to solve. After spending far too much time during the vetting process, Sean realized there must be another way. In this...
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PE Firms, Deal Team

How does BluWave help with value creation for deal QBs?

As a private equity deal QB, BluWave founder & CEO, Sean Mooney, faced challenges in the value creation process. He felt as though he was consistently getting generalist results from generalist providers. He also faced the pressure of knowing that one wrong move could follow him around for the rest of his career in private equity. After dealing with these challenges and working his way up to be a Partner at a PE firm, Sean decided to create the solution to the problems he always had by founding...
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PE Firms, Value Creation, Deal Team

Buyouts Magazine: More effective sourcing of service providers promises benefits

BluWave founder and CEO, Sean Mooney, recently had the privilege of sitting down with Buyouts Magazine for a keynote interview in their Fund Services Special Report December issue. In the interview, he specifically highlighted the importance of proper use of service providers in private equity. In this report, he covered the topics of: Why private equity firms must use third-party service providers Why it is hard to use third parties successfully The opportunity cost of not using third-party...
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PE Firms

BluWave Team Interviews | Brendan Cooper, Content Marketing Manager

Since our founding 5 years ago, BluWave has seen rapid growth in many ways – from revenue to headcount, to even the growth of various internal functions. One of the biggest growths we’ve experienced in the past year is in our marketing function, going from a collective team effort across the company to a dedicated department of 3 individuals. Recently, we sat down with the newest marketing hire, Brendan Cooper, our Content Marketing Manager, to learn more about why he chose to join the BluWave...
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How BluWave helps PE shrink the world

This month, BluWave founder & CEO, Sean Mooney, had the opportunity to join Devin Matthews on ParkerGale’s Funcast podcast to discuss how BluWave helps PE shrink the world by connecting funds to the exact-fit resources they need when they need them. Sean and Devin discussed how BluWave was born out of a pain Sean experienced during his 20 years in private equity and is made to connect funds to the resources they need when they don’t know who to use or their go-to providers are sold out. They...
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PE Firms

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