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The Business Builders’ Podcast

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The Karma School of Business Podcast provides one-of-a-kind insights into the private equity industry, business best practices and real-time trends. You'll learn from leading private equity professionals, visionary business executives and top industry thought leaders who will help you take action, improve your business and enhance your life.

Doug Horn and Mohit Kansal, Clairvest, Being Strategic with Collaboration and Structure

Doug Horn, a partner and Mohit Kansal, a managing director from Clairvest, a private equity firm based out of Toronto, join the Karma School of Business podcast to discuss the importance of collaboration on portfolio company success, key private equity investment strategies, and much more.0:42 Clairvest's history and focus3:27 How Clairvest works to collaborate with entrepreneurs5:43 Valuable traits that Clairvest considers before making investments8:17 Mohit's approach to high-stress times11:52 Advice to business owners on how to tackle economic uncertainty16:55 Doug's predictions for the PE industry in the near future22:40 Clairvest's book/movie recommendations27:43 Advice Mohit would give to his 22 year old self29:26 Doug's life hack
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Demetrios Dounis, Heartwood Partners, Good People Build a Strong Foundation

We're joined by a leading private equity partner, Demetrios Dounis from Heartwood Partners, to discuss Heartwood's approach to private equity and what business leaders are looking for in a PE partner. He also discusses his upbringing, his path to PE, and much more.0:55 Demetrios' path to private equity3:04 Demetrios' upbringing4:39 What to look for in a prospective investment8:44 Lessons to learn from change12:24 How Heartwood approaches value creation16:32 How business leaders can find the right private equity partner20:30 Demetrios' advice to business leaders starting to think about add-on acquisitions26:34 Advice to his younger self
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Marshall Phelps, MidOcean Partners, An Unconventional Path to Business Building

Marshall Phelps, a Managing Director at MidOcean Partners, joins the podcast to discuss how private equity firms can stand out in the M&A process, and some investment banking perspectives on the private equity sale process. He also provides insight on value creation as it relates to business growth and discusses his unique experience, intersecting investment banking with private equity.1:40 Marshall's story7:27 Investment banking to PE13:46 Unique perspective on driving value18:52 How do PE Firms standout in the M&A process23:05 A seller's perspective on IOI & LOIs25:25 Biggest opportunities in the investment world30:11 Marshall's book recommendations33:47 Marshall's advice to his younger self
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2022 Private Equity Industry Update

In this episode, Sean Mooney shares an update on 2022 private equity activity from BluWave's proprietary data. Learn the top takeaways on due diligence trends and value creation focuses from over 500 private equity firms in 2022.1:14 - Private Equity does best when times are worst2:04 - Due Diligence and Value Creation mix3:35 - Functional area focus: Human Capital5:45 - Functional area focus: Strategy8:06 - Functional area focus: Operations8:53 - Functional area focus: Technology10:26 - Functional area focus: Sales & Marketing
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