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Why 80% of Founder CEOs Fail After PE Buys Their Company

Behind every value creation plan, there is a data problem. But behind every data problem, there is a people problem. In this episode, I sat down with Kit Lisle, a former US Army intelligence officer turned middle market M&A veteran, who spent 30 years watching private equity backed executives succeed and fail in the same environments for the same reasons.

Kit built The Operators, a peer community now nearly 800 members strong, because he got tired of watching talented executives get dropped into hostile ownership transitions with no map, no lexicon, and no honest conversation about what they…

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