Exit-Ready Marketing: Shiv Narayanan on Making Marketing Measurable in PE-Backed Companies
Paul Stansik sits down with Shiv Narayanan—founder of How to SaaS and author of Exit-Ready Marketing—to break down what most private equity firms and portfolio companies get wrong about marketing. The...
10 Juni 20251h 1min
Continuation Vehicles 101 with Houlihan Lokey
Devin sits down with Sameer Shamsi, Co-Head of Houlihan Lokey's GP Led Secondaries group. We cover everything you want to know about continuation vehicles, but were afraid to ask (or too dumb to ask?)...
6 Maj 202554min
Real-Time Inflation Tracking and Forecasting: A Deep Dive into Open Brand's Proprietary Consumer Price Index
In this episode of the Private Equity Funcast, host Ryan Milligan speaks with OpenBrand CEO Greg Munves and Chief Economist Ralph McLaughlin about their innovative approach to tracking inflation throu...
1 Apr 202548min
From Hype to Impact: Deploying GenAI in Real Businesses with Chris Taylor of Fractional AI
In this episode, Chris Taylor, CEO and Co-Founder of Fractional AI, joins the show to discuss how his company helps traditional businesses adopt and implement generative AI (GenAI) to improve operatio...
25 Mars 202547min
Open Brand's AI-Powered Market Intelligence Revolution
In this episode of the Private Equity Funcast, Greg Munves (CEO) and Kristopher Kubicki (CTO) join Partner Ryan Milligan to discuss the rapid growth and transformation of Open Brand, a company formed ...
4 Mars 202541min
Shock and Nawww : DeepSeek and the Future of LLMs
Join host Jim Milbery along with guests Alan Williamson (CTO of HiBid) and Kristopher Kubicki (CTO of OpenBrand) as we react to the recent DeepSeek AI announcement, its implications for the AI industr...
30 Jan 20251h 2min
Predictions and Strategies for 2025
Jim and Paul kick off the 2025 podcast year. We discuss economic uncertainties, private equity challenges, and evolving market strategies. We explore AI's role in portfolio management, cybersecurity c...
13 Jan 202547min
Enhancing Technical Due Diligence with SEMA Software
Matt Van Itallie from SEMA Software joins Jim to discuss the value of SEMA's code analysis tools for private equity backed companies, particularly for companies managing technical debt, security, and ...
14 Nov 202455min
