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Private Equity FunCast
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.
Episodes
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Can Unicorns Hurt Buyouts?
Devin and Jim talk about Unicorns -- not the mythical horse with a horn, but rather the club of billion-dollar-plus tech companies. How is this market…
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Board Meetings -- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Devin and Jim welcome their partner Kristina to her first podcast where they talk about how to run a good board meeting. Who to invite, what to cover, what to…
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It's a LOG way to the top if you want to rock'n'roll
Alan and Jim spend some time talking about tracking events and errors in application software logs. Most companies are at least monitoring their web logs and…
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March Madness 2016 -- Elite Eight
It's our annual March Madness show. Hosted by two guys that don't know a THING about college basketball -- so our March Madness is all about Private Equity…
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Most Common Technology Challenges that we find when we acquire a founder-owned technology company
Jim and Alan spend some quality time talking about the most common technology challenges that we uncover when we acquire a founder owned technology company…
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How PE Hires Management Teams
Devin sits down with Chris Morgan, the founder of Lantern Partners, an executive search firm focused on hiring C-Suite executives at PE-backed companies. We…
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Shiny New Toy Syndrome -- And what the Founder can do about it.
Alan and Jim spend some quality time talking about the Shiny New Toy problem (SNTS) in software development. The tendency for software teams to pin their hopes…
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Everything a CEO Wants to Know About Technical Debt
Jim and Alan spend a fast hour talking about technical debt. It's everything that a CEO/CFO/COO or Founder needs to know about technical debt -- and how to…
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Hey, You, Get Onto My Cloud
Jim and Alan talk about the Cloud. Private clouds versus public clouds. Should you ditch your own server room and move everything to the Cloud? Start small and…
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Exchanging Data 101 -- Email, FTP, SFTP, DropBox, Box, S3 and More!
Jim and Alan discuss the history and details of exchanging data between companies and applications. Email might be the easiest and quickest technique, but find…
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The Myth of the Full Stack Developer
Jim talks with Alan, Simon and Tiago about the myth of the full stack developer. Alan plays the role of the database and webservices architect. Simon is the…
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Technology Trends for 2016 -- What's Hot and What's Not?
Jim and Alan talk about the technology trends for 2016. What's on the rise? What technology is falling out of favor? What will be the most hyped technology in…
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Native Mobile Applications vs. HTML5 Apps with the Developertown Crew
Jim spends a fast hour talking with the Developertown crew about all things mobile. Should you develop native iOS and Android applications? Is it better to…
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The Associate Role in Private Equity
Description: Cass Gunderson recently joined ParkerGale as an Associate so we check in with her about how she landed the job, what she did before she joined us…
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Working with Portfolio Companies as an Operating Partner
Second part of our two-episode series on the Operating Partner role in private equity. In this second episode Devin and Jim talk about engaging with the…
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Working as an Operating Partner in a Private Equity Group
First part of a two-part episode focused on the vaunted "Operating Partner" role in private equity. In the first part, Devin talks to Jim about his experiences…
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Top Ten Common Mistakes When Implementing Salesforce.com
The last of a four-part series. Jim talks with Kamela Arya about the most common mistakes that companies make when implementing Salesforce.com.
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Salesforce.com Part III -- The dreaded implementation plan
The third segment in our four-part series on Salesforce.com for the middle market. In this episode Jim and Kamela talk about the implementation process. Which…
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Implementing Salesforce.com Part II -- Licensing and Implementation Costs
Part two of our implementing Salesforce.com series. This time around we talk with Kamela Arya about which modules to license, how much they cost to license (on…
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The Ruby on Rails Episode with Developertown
Jim spends an hour with Developertown's Michael Kelly and Aaron Lerch talking about Ruby on Rails -- why Jim hates it and why they love it.
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All Things Salesforce.com With Kamela Arya
Part one of a three-part series on Salesforce.com. Jim talks with longtime SFDC collaborator and implementer, Kamela Arya about everything you need to know…
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The Deal Flow Episode
Devin and Jim finally cover the most important thing a PE fund can do -- find deals. They cover how they source deals, the banks and brokers they target. Plus…
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A founder-level discussion of the perfect technology stack with Alan Williamson
A lengthy discussion with Alan Williamson on the "perfect technology stack". In today's environment do you HAVE to be running on Linux, or is Windows Server…
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Vertical Scaling vs. Horizontal Scaling for the Non-technical listener
Alan and Jim talk about the ins and outs of making applications run faster and scale to handle lots of users. We compare the two choices for scaling…
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ParkerGale's Updated Technology Stack
Devin and Jim catalog all of the software that the ParkerGale team has been using on a daily basis over the past year. We discuss the pros and cons of each…
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Lessons from Amazon's Culture Clash
Devin and Jim discuss the New York Times Amazon article. Is driving your people into the ground the only way to build successful technology companies? Is the…
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After the Letter of Intent: Everything that a Founder Needs to Know
Jim talks with Ryan Milligan about all the different steps in closing a deal after the Letter of Intent gets signed. Everything that a Founder needs to know…
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Dominate a Niche or Build a Better Mousetrap
Jim and Devin discuss the two types of companies that we see in the middle market. You can either dominate a niche market (such as software targeted at…
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Public Investors vs. Private Investors -- Who is Smarter?
Ryan Milligan joins Jim and Devin to talk about Unicorns and argue about whether the public markets are smarter than the private markets. For the founder with…
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More Product Management Fun with Grant Hunter
Jim talks in detail with Grant Hunter about the Product Manager role in middle market companies.
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Introduction to Product Management with Grant Hunter
A gentle introduction to product management with Grant Hunter.
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Innovator's Dilemma Meets the Blue Ocean
Jim and Devin discuss the Innovator's Dilemma and Blue Ocean Strategy as it relates to middle market portfolio companies.
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Apple's 2015 WWDC Summary
Jim talks with Evan Delaney about his trip to Apple's World Wide Developer Conference in SF.
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A Micro Discussion About Microservices
Devin and Jim talk about the role of leveraging microservices development in middle market companies, mixing classic development with microservices -- with…
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What Private Equity Can Learn From Venture Capital (Episode 61)
Devin and Jim discuss the corollary to Fred Wilson's "What VC can learn from Private Equity".
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The role of the outside board member with Glenn Winokur (Episode 60)
Jim talks about the role of the outside board member with Syapse CEO/Co-Founder and Emerson Street Partners founder Glenn Winokur.
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Our "Should we be Agile" Manifesto Episode (Episode 59)
Jim and Devin talk about Agile, SCRUM and our experiences with various engineering project management schemes.
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Finding Value in Tech Buyouts.
Devin and Jim talk about applying Howard Marks' principles of value investing in technology buyouts.
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It's time for us to talk about the Apple Watch
Jim chats with Evan Delaney about the out-of-the-box experience with the Apple Watch as the first batch gets delivered.
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The Quinn Mathews Interview Episode
Quinn grills Devin and Jim on everything from their backgrounds to which kinds of potatoes that they prefer.
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PE FunCast Final Four 2015
Jim, Devin and the Commissioner For Life, Ryan Milligan run down our 2015 Final Four results.
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March Madness Private Equity Bracketology 2015 Discussion
Jim interviews FunCast Bracketology Commish, Ryan Milligan in preparation for next week's "Final Four".
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Are Technical Bootcamps Worth the Money?
Jim and Devin discuss the pros and cons of technical bootcamps.
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Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose - Part two of our "Drive" discussion
Jim and Devin talk in detail about Daniel Pink's autonomy, mastery and purpose with a sidebar into "fairness".
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ParkerGale's Tech Stack
Jim and Devin discuss the technology stack that we use to run our business.
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Everything that you need to know about eLearning with Joe Gorup
Jim talks to Joe Gorup about using eLearning in the middle market.
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Motivating Management Teams the "Pink" Way
Devin and Jim discuss Daniel Pink's "Drive" as it relates to their portfolio companies.
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We're Not Fooled By Randomness Anymore
Devin and Jim talk about Nassim Nicholas Taleb's gem, "Fooled by Randomness"
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Crossing the Chasm and the Middle Market
Devin and Jim talk discuss Geoffrey Moore's groundbreaking book "Crossing the Chasm" as it applies to the middle market.
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NetSuite Implementation Part Deux -- The CFO Interview
Jim talks to portfolio company CFO, Mike Welch about his initial experiences with our ongoing NetSuite implementation.
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Our Annual Prediction Show 2015
Devin, Ryan Harris, Ian Larkin and Brad Simmons make their predictions for 2015 ... and BEYOND!
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Xmas Eve Spectacular with Chicago Chef John Caputo
Jim and Devin talk restaurants and cuisine with Chicago's own Chef John Caputo.
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Our NetSuite "Serial" - Part I
Jim and Dirk Shimpach talk through a complete NetSuite implementation at one of our portfolio companies, "serial podcast" style.
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TechStars Chicago
Jim and Devin talk shop with Troy Henikoff from TechStars Chicago.
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Thanksgiving 2014 Extravaganza
Devin and Jim give thanks for all of our listeners, colleagues and friends.
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Exit Events for Private Equity Tech Companies
Jim and Devin talk about the various exit strategies for private equity-backed tech companies.
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The Founder's role in making an entreprenurial organization
Devin and Jim talk with Tim Kelly on his research what makes a company "entreprenurial".
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Founder Transitions. Don't be a Larry!
Devin and Jim discuss succcession planning for founders.
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It's our one year anniversary -- and you get the gift!
Milbery's Mazlow's Hierarchy of Software Needs. We are officially a year old today and have we got a gift for you. Jim and Devin spend an hour dissecting Jim's…