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May 2021 Roundup: Insights from Private Equity Clients

BluWave works with over 500 PE funds from around the globe, connecting them with pre-vetted, best-in-class, interim executives and small groups across a variety of resource and functional areas. From information technology and manufacturing to healthcare and consumer goods, our private equity clients are paving the way for “Industry 4.0.” In other words, they have their heads in the game and their hands on the pulse of news you can use. Check out the latest, curated collection of reports,...
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PE Firms

Insights from TCV's Susan Clark: Operational Excellence in Private Equity

Susan Clark is an insightful force who spent nearly a decade in Dell operations prior to getting bit with the private equity bug. While watching Silver Lake Partners lead the privatization of Dell, a publicly-traded, end-to-end technology solutions company, Clark recalls: “After observing the transformation process, I basically decided I wanted to be on the other side of the table. I was good at fixing things, making operational decisions to increase efficiency, and I knew I could take my...
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PE Firms

Insights from LaSalle Capital's Kelly Cornelis on Private Equity Trends

As the daughter of a retired sportscaster, Kelly Cornelis had little knowledge of the finance world growing up on the outskirts of Chicago. She entered college at Notre Dame as an English major and stayed there until her sophomore year—when one of her professors noticed her proclivity for math and suggested she enroll in some business courses. “I was immediately drawn to the analytical aspects of finance,” she recalls. This led her to an investment management class, where she had the...
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PE Firms, Operations

Key Insights from the Private Equity Human Capital Executive Forum

Every quarter we gather top human capital executives across leading private equity funds to discuss key topics that are top of mind. In our most recent event, we covered many topics. Below are our top takeaways. These events are invite-only and follow Chatham House Rules, so this only touches on our high-level learnings. If you are interested in joining our next event, please contact us at events@bluwave.net. Return to Office: Though there was variance as to private equity funds approach how/if...
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Human Capital, PE Firms

Private Equity Insights: Leadership and Growth Strategies for 2021

BluWave works with over 500 private equity funds from around the globe, connecting them with pre-vetted, best-in-class, interim executives and small groups across a variety of resource and functional areas. From information technology and manufacturing to healthcare and consumer goods, our clients are paving the way for “Industry 4.0.” In other words, they have their heads in the game and their hands on the pulse of news you can use. Check out the latest, curated collection of reports,...
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PE Firms

Private Equity Focuses on Growth and Talent in Q1 2021

Private equity Intelligent Network finds 70% of PE activity was focused on value creation initiatives during the first quarter of 2021 NASHVILLE — BluWave, a private equity-focused Intelligent Network, today released new data on how private equity funds and their portfolio companies are allocating resources as the economy turns a corner. The results of the report demonstrate that during Q1 2021 the majority of company leaders prioritized investing in growth and people-oriented specialized...
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PE Firms

Building Resilience: Strategies for Thriving in Changing Times

Do you have a resilient company? Does it navigate shifting tides easily, or do your leaders and teams struggle with every minor disruption? What makes certain people better equipped to roll with the punches? According to bestselling author and ADP Researcher Marcus Buckingham: “people don’t fear change, they fear the unknown.” To use a timely example, if your company is attempting to rush back to “normal” (going into a physical office, business travel, etc.) he suggests having a concrete plan...
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PE Firms, CEOs

Insights from Forrester’s CMO Whisperer Sheryl Pattek

As Forrester’s Executive Partner serving CMOs and Chief Experience Officers, partner, Sheryl Pattek regularly works with senior-level marketing executives to advance their major initiatives, with a special focus on creating customer-obsessed strategies that drive business growth. She has been named “CMO Whisperer” and “One of 18 People in Marketing You May Not Know, but Should,” as well as “one of the thirty most influential women in marketing technology.” Prior to joining Forrester, Sheryl...
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PE Firms, Due Diligence, Other Functional Leads

March 2021 Insights: PE Trends in Automation, Value Creation, and Fundraising

BluWave works with over 500 PE funds from around the globe, connecting them with pre-vetted, best-in-class, interim executives and small groups across a variety of resource and functional areas. From information technology and manufacturing to healthcare and consumer goods, our clients are paving the way for “Industry 4.0.” In other words, they have their heads in the game and their hands on the pulse of news you can use. Check out the latest, curated collection of reports, insights, and...
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PE Firms

Q1 2021 Private Equity Insights Overview

Working with over 500 of the world’s top private equity firms gives us insight into what the industry is focusing on. Every quarter our team analyzes the projects we work on with our PE fund clients to get a bird’s eye view of the market. We analyze behaviors across the large variety of clients that we work with on a daily basis and synthesize the data into a comprehensive private equity industry report. You can access the valuable data in this report such as the following: If you would like to...
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PE Firms

Inside MiddleGround Capital: Lauren Mulholland on Private Equity Innovation

What happens when a former New York investment banker and mother of two young children (with a third not far behind) decides to take a “measured risk?” First, she teams up with long-time colleagues John Stewart (no, not this one, this one) and Scot Duncan in Lexington, Kentucky; next, together they decide to build a franchise focused squarely on the middle market; and, certainly not last, in under three years they grow their private equity firm to a team of nearly 40 individuals, raise capital...
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PE Firms

Kyle Johnson Joins BluWave as Head of Growth Marketing

This week, we announced the addition of Kyle Johnson to our leadership team as head of growth marketing. This key hire is a vital move for our company, as we continue to expand during Covid-19 while supporting business agility and economic recovery. Johnson, who is known in industry circles as a “marketing operations game-changer,” spent the past 12 years of his career in New York City where he worked at both Fortune 500 companies as well as VC-backed startups to build and optimize various...
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