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11 Years as a PE-Backed CFO: What Sponsors Actually Want (w/ Jon Apter, Accordion)
October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minHe left private equity, took a 75% pay cut, and joined a 12-person startup that was still finding its footing. Now, Jon Apter helps oversee 1,600 employees as CFO of Accordion – a seat he's held for the last 11 years. Jon sits down with…
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Relationships are the Atomic Unit of Deal Flow (w/ Ken Fine, CEO of Affinity)
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minWe built our sourcing model around one goal: know every owner of every software company long before they decide to sell. Ken Fine, Affinity's CEO, joins us to explain why relationships and not process are the keys to deal flow, and how AI…
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Parker Gals | How a College Point Guard Built a PE Career (w/ Brogan Magnarelli, Riverspan Partners)
September 28, 2026 · 50 minCass sits down with Brogan Magnarelli, Principal at Riverspan, to talk about her untraditional path into private equity — from point guard at Harvard to account manager at Boingo Wireless, to GE Healthcare sales leadership and finally PE…
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Diminishing Returns to Scale in Private Equity (w/ Andrew Akers, PitchBook)
September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minDevin's mom's only instruction to her financial advisor was "the number should never go down." Downside protection is often the most attractive part of investing in a mega buyout fund, but the latest data from PitchBook calls that into…
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Parker Gals | Why Private Equity is for Everyone (w/ Jessica Patton, 5th Century Partners)
September 20, 2026 · 48 minWhat does it look like to "plant seeds" so aggressively that serendipity starts looking like a strategy? This week on Parker Gals, Cass sits down with Jessica Patton to trace her path from Detroit to Howard University to landing a rare…
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Building Your 2027 AI Budget (w/ Justin D'Onofrio, Accordion)
September 16, 2026 · 57 minCorporate AI spend in 2026 looked like a teenager loose at the mall with their parents' credit card. No policy, no budget, no discipline about what was purchased and why. That will change in the 2027 budget season, just kicking off. Devin…
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Parker Gals | Why Everything is "Figure-out-able" (w/ Hannah Song, Promus Equity Partners)
September 14, 2026 · 50 minWhat does it look like to go "all in" at every stage of your career, even when you're not on the traditional track? This week on Parker Gals, Liz and Cass sit down with Hannah Song, a former senior associate at Promus Equity Partners…
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Understanding Management Equity: What PE CEOs Should Know
September 9, 2026 · 44 minPaul and Ryan break down what PE-backed executives should know about their management equity: how the economics work, what's worth negotiating, and how you can use it to start things off the right way with your PE sponsor.