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Private Equity Data Guy
Private equity meets data. Conversations with deal teams, operating partners, and portfolio company leaders about the data problems that kill deals, slow exits, and destroy value. Hosted by Graeme Crawford, founder of Crawford McMillan. 20 years leading data programs at Fortune 100 companies. Now helping PE-backed companies fix data before exits so the numbers hold up under scrutiny. New episodes cover diligence red flags, value creation playbooks, and the real stories behind successful (and…
Episodes
Private Equity Data GuyPrivate Equity Leaders Could Not See What AI Was Doing
Phil Murphy and I cut through the buzz and give you a practical, no-nonsense playbook for actually getting AI working in a PE-backed services business. You…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Finance Fix That Prepared a Company for Private Equity Review
I spoke with Sal Tirabassi about the role a fractional CFO can play as a company grows and prepares for a possible sale. He described how his team helped a…
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What Private Equity Portfolio Companies Miss In Their Own Billing
In this episode, I talk with Carson Marr, founder of Buyable, about where real money hides inside private equity portfolio companies. Carson spent years…
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Why Private Equity Value Creation Plans Quietly Fail
Here's the scariest sentence in private equity: every KPI on the value creation plan is green and enterprise value is exactly where it started. I paint that…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Private Equity Operators Still Cannot Find Their Real EBITDA
In this episode I talk with Afrozy Ara, founder and CEO of LuminaData, an AI transformation platform for finance operations backed by Techstars and Berkeley…
Private Equity Data GuyWhat Actually Breaks Private Equity Portfolio Companies
In this episode I sit down with Rich Kershaw, a technology due diligence specialist who has looked at over 250 companies for private equity and venture capital…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Private Equity Operating Partners Can't Trust Their Own KPIs
This week I sat down with Vinay Raman, the CEO of CAARMO, to talk about the gap between what leadership teams believe is happening inside their company and…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Private Equity Firms Call Customers Before Closing
I sat down with Dan Grainger, who runs the private equity practice at T4, a voice of customer research firm that ended up in private equity almost by accident…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Feeling Every Operator Has Before the Numbers Turn
In this episode I sat down with Regan Inkster, a strategist who has spent 25 years building strategy for Global 1000 companies and served three times as a…
Private Equity Data GuyWhat Buyers Actually See Before the LOI (And What the SIM Hides)
Jeremiah Wanzell has spent over two decades scaling consumer brands inside Fortune 100 companies like Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, and Steve Madden before moving…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Metrics Look Fine. So Why Is the Business Stalling?
David Newcomb has done something rare in private equity. He operated through two separate transactions at the same company, including the founder exit, and…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem
Philip Curran has spent four decades inside the rooms where leadership either holds together or quietly falls apart. In this episode, we get into the half of…
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Why Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem
Philip Curran has spent four decades inside the rooms where leadership either holds together or quietly falls apart. In this episode, we get into the half of…
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Why Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem
Philip Curran has spent four decades inside the rooms where leadership either holds together or quietly falls apart. In this episode, we get into the half of…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy 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…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Compliance Reality Nobody Tells You About AI
Brandon Micci has spent his career inside some of the largest financial institutions in the world, deploying AI and data infrastructure at a scale most…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy 90% of AI Pilots Fail Before They Start
Behind every value creation plan, there's a data problem nobody wants to talk about. In this episode, I sat down with Ben Banks to get into why the vast…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Hiring Works More Like Sales Than HR
We covered why the Rolodex only approach keeps failing, how to write job descriptions that pull in the right people, and what private equity teams can do to…
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Why PE Firms Are Asking the Wrong Question About AI
Elon Salfati joined me this week to break down what most PE-backed companies are getting wrong about AI. Not the surface-level stuff, not the board slide…
Private Equity Data GuyThis Is How He Turned Agency Ownership Into a Video Game
Peter Kang built Barrel into a cash-flowing agency over fifteen years before he ever touched a deal. That patient foundation is what separates Barrel Holdings…
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What PE Buyers Find When They Actually Look at Your Data
In this episode, I sat down with Derek Sather, CRO at KKR-backed Education Perfect, to talk about what actually happens when someone with deep systems thinking…
Private Equity Data GuyIs your Data telling you the right story?
Holli Moeini spent 35 years as a CFO scaling companies through acquisitions before leaving corporate to help founders protect their value when going up against…
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Private Equity Is a Talent Business, Not a Finance Business
Tim Schulte leads value creation at Council Capital, a healthcare-focused PE firm in Nashville. He spent years at Vista Equity Partners before building…
Private Equity Data GuyWhat PE Gets Right That Corporate America Never Will
Ryan Krook has spent his career at the intersection of data and operations, working inside companies like Uber, Shopify, and McKinsey before founding Pareto…
Private Equity Data GuyHow this company lost $2.8M due to three mismatched numbers
Greg Hood has spent over 20 years as a finance executive inside Canadian and US fintechs and financial services firms. He built Sky Site Analytics to help PE…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Data Problem That Kills PE Exit Multiples
Shota Ishii joined me on The PE Data Guy to talk about what happens when PE-backed manufacturers cannot answer a basic question: which products are actually…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Your PE AI Program Is Already Failing
Shawn Olds spent two decades building AI companies and advising PE firms on what actually produces returns from the technology. He went from the 82nd Airborne…
Private Equity Data GuyPrivate Equity Is 20 Years Behind and Running Out of Time
Lee McCabe joined me to talk about why private equity value creation keeps running into the same problem. The problem is messy systems, unclear metrics, and…
Private Equity Data GuyData Doesn't Win Wars—This Does
I sat down with Paul Evangelista, Chief Data Officer at the United States Military Academy at West Point, to talk about what happens when decisions carry real…
Private Equity Data GuyHow To Stop Wasting Six Figures On Hires Who Look Perfect On Paper
I've spent 20 years watching brilliant people build companies on gut instinct and prayer when it comes to hiring. After losing a million dollars on a single…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Your AI Projects Fail (You Can't Fire AI)
I sat down with Scott Golder, Senior Director of Data Science at Home Depot, to talk about what actually works when you're building data teams. Scott has spent…
Private Equity Data GuyBetter Data Doesn't Always Mean Better Decisions (Here's Why)
In this episode, I sit down with Ian Alden Russell to talk about something most leaders miss when they look at data. We dig into how cultural signals and…
Private Equity Data GuyWhen Lab Data Says Normal But Body Data Disagrees
This conversation with Dr. Marquise Rivera challenged everything I thought I knew about treating chronic pain. Most of us track steps and lab panels but ignore…
Private Equity Data GuyYour Perfect Dashboard Isn't Driving Any Decisions
I sat down with Jordan Mix, Operating Partner at Late Checkout and founder of Startup Empire. Jordan builds, acquires, and scales community driven Internet…
Private Equity Data GuyHow Data Transforms Your Fitness Journey
Maddie Hill joins us to dive deep into the often misunderstood world of fitness and data, emphasizing that movement is indeed medicine. We explore how many of…
Private Equity Data GuyData shows local SEO delivers results in 30 days, expert explains
Elliot Blacklist joins us to share his remarkable journey in scaling a CBD brand through innovative digital marketing strategies, despite fierce competition…
Private Equity Data GuyNo more human actors?: How AI is Reshaping Hollywood
Today, we dive into the fascinating intersection of art and artificial intelligence, exploring how AI is reshaping the creative landscape. We chat with Ellery…
Private Equity Data GuyThis is the best way to make sales accordingly to psychology data
In a world where sales tactics often resemble a high-pressure game of “sell me this pen,” we challenge the notion that success hinges on pushing products onto…
Private Equity Data GuyThe Science of Public Speaking: How Data Shapes Presence
How to Master Public Speaking with Data: Transform Your Communication Skills Chuck Garcia, Columbia University professor and communication expert, joins Graeme…
Private Equity Data GuyHow Small Business Financial Data Reveals Success or Failure: M&A Expert Shares Hidden Patterns
The episode of Transformed With Data podcast, Graeme Crawford talks with Michael Young, owner of an outsourced accounting firm, about the hidden patterns in…
Private Equity Data GuyHow to Scale Trust in the Age of AI: Data-Driven Marketing That Actually Works
How to Scale Trust in the Age of AI: Data-Driven Marketing That Actually Works Transformed With Data Episode 13:How to Scale Trust in the Age of AI…
Private Equity Data GuyHow to lose weight using data
The episode of Transformed with Data, Graeme Crawford talks with Allison Tallman, a registered dietitian, about how people fail at nutrition not from lack of…
Private Equity Data GuyHow to Build a Data-Driven Culture: From Startup to 8-Figure Exit
Transformed With Data Episode 11:How to Build a Data-Driven Culture: From Startup to 8-Figure Exit The episode of Transformed with Data Podcast, Graeme…
Private Equity Data GuyAI Strategy Lessons from the White House
Transformed With Data Episode 10:How to Drive 600% Data Engagement: AI Strategy Lessons from the White House The episode of Transformed with Data podcast…
Private Equity Data GuyHow Data Transparency Transforms Democracy
The episode of Transformed With Data podcast, Graeme Crawford talks about data transparency and civic engagement with Chris Piper, former Virginia Elections…
Private Equity Data GuyHow to Build Data Strategies That Actually Work
The episode of Transformed with Data podcast, Graeme Crawford talks with Dylan Anderson, head data strategist at Profusion and creator of the Data Ecosystem…
Private Equity Data GuyWhy Smart People Make Terrible Business Decisions
The episode of Transformed With Data Podcast, Graeme Crawford talks with executive coach Glen Hellman about why smart people often make terrible business…
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Why Measuring the Wrong Thing Can Destroy Your Business:
Scale Your Business With Data Episode 6:Why Measuring the Wrong Thing Can Destroy Your Business: Data Lessons from Vietnam to Modern Analytics. On this episode…
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"Someone's watching over you" - And We're COMFORTABLE With It (Here's Why)
The episode of Transformed With Data, Graeme Crawford sits down with Sukhi Sahni, a senior corporate executive with 20 years of experience in data-driven…
Private Equity Data GuyWikipedia and Beyond: Who REALLY Controls Your Company's Online Reputation?
The episode of Scale Your Business with Data, Josh Greene, CEO and founder of The Mather Group, discusses why Wikipedia is one of the internet's most trusted…
Private Equity Data GuyWill Data Workers Lose Their Jobs? Expert Tris Burns talks about it.
Want Insights> GO HERE Want Help> GO HERE Want Content> GO HERE Transformed With Data Episode 3:From Data Service Desk to Strategic Partner: Building Business…
Private Equity Data GuyHow Chloe Temple Used Personal Data Tracking to Transform Her Leadership
Want Insights> GO HERE Want Help> GO HERE Want Content> GO HERE The episode of Transformed with Data, Chloe Temple shares her unique journey using data for…
Private Equity Data GuyHow Data Strategy Transforms Business Decision-Making w/ Nick White
Want Insights> GO HERE Want Help> GO HERE Want Content> GO HERE Scale Your Business With Data Episode Nick White Reveals How Data Strategy Transforms Business…