July 2019 - PE Alpha

The 4 Things You Must Nail Down To Scale Your SaaS Sales

Every B2B SaaS company must be able to communicate to every employee on the Revenue Team (sales or marketing or customer success) the following: Who – who is the ideal type of buyer – or what is called the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)? Your targeted Ideal Company Profile (size, type,… Read More >

PE – Portfolio Company Managers: Bringing Out the Best in People

One of the best books I give new managers is Alan Loy McGinnis’s Bringing Out the Best in People. It’s a rare book that most people have not heard of or read but it’s definitely one of the best in my library on management and leadership. One of the reasons that this… Read More >

Recruiting Sales Talent: Use a Scorecard to Make Good Hiring Decisions

“Select for traits, train for skills” – Chris Lytle, The Accidental Sales Manager Recruiting talent (and building high-performing teams) is the #1 priority for a CEO, CRO or a VP of Sales for any B2B SaaS company. Previously, I wrote about the importance of and how to make your… Read More >

I work in Middle Market Tech PE. My career began as an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch in New York, followed by an Investment Associate role at NeoCarta, a tech-focused investment firm. Drawing on my dual background in investing and as a C-Level executive, I focus on building a community, connecting with like-minded industry peers and sharing strategies & best practices for growing PE-backed companies capital-efficiently, helping portfolio companies unlock value, helping our PE firm gain an edge, while maximizing equity value in our portfolio (with the north star of generating alpha & superior risk-adjusted returns for our LPs).

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