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Hosted by Gordon Cheng · business · EN · 154 episodes
Get behind-the-scenes access to the minds shaping the world of Private Equity, hear captivating stories about transactions and investments, and learn about the innovative approaches leading investors, operators, advisors and bankers employ to drive sustainable growth and create enterprise value. https://www.howtosaas.com/pevaluecreation
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Private Equity Value Creation Podcast is hosted by Gordon Cheng. The show has published 154 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep. 155: Taylor McKinley & Chris Cassidy, Mainsail Partners | Integrating Operators and Investors" (22 October 2026, 37 minutes), "Ep 154: Shiv Narayanan, How To SaaS | AI Visibility Imperative and Driving Pipeline From Search" (20 October 2026, 40 minutes), and "Ep. 153: Blair Garrou, Mercury Fund | Operational Audits, Lean GTM Teams and Liquidity Planning" (15 October 2026, 35 minutes).
Private Equity Value Creation Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 154 episodes.
Booking probability for Private Equity Value Creation Podcast is 42%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Private Equity Value Creation Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Private Equity Value Creation Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Private Equity Value Creation Podcast are Investing & Wealth Management and Investment Banking & Trading. Private Equity Value Creation Podcast has a business audience.
Gordon Cheng hosts Private Equity Value Creation Podcast, a business show with 154 episodes published.
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Episode #59
On this episode, Taylor McKinley and Chris Cassidy, partners on the investment and growth teams at Mainsail Partners, break down how 40-plus operators and a deal team work as one. Learn why engaging companies a year or...
Episode #58
On this episode, Shiv Narayanan, Founder & CEO at How To SaaS, explains how AI platforms have changed the way buyers research and make purchase decisions, why being invisible to AI is a business continuity risk and what...
Episode #57
On this episode, Blair Garrou, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mercury Fund, details the Mercury Method—a post-investment approach that borrows from private equity to lower loss ratios in early-stage venture. Learn...
Episode #55
On this episode, Doyl Burkett, Managing Partner and Founder at Integrity Growth Partners, joins the show to talk AI-native deal sourcing. Learn how a two-person team can out-source firms ten times its size, and where...
Episode #145
On this episode, Jesse Bendit, Principal at Apax Digital, joins the show to unpack how a private equity firm builds and funds a 30-person internal operating team without letting it become bloated. Learn why a pull model...
Episode #53
On this episode, Dustin Ackerman, Managing Director at Future Standard, joins Shiv Narayanan to discuss secondaries and backing GPs, including how to turn existing sponsor relationships into a steady investment...
Episode #52
On this episode, Mike Esposito, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner at Franchise Equity Partners, unpacks why multi-unit franchise investing has stayed an underserved niche in private equity, and what it takes to...
Episode #51
On this episode, Shiv Narayanan, Founder and CEO of How To SaaS, breaks down how to approach international and regional expansion as a growth lever, and why the first question you should be asking is: are we already...
Episode #50
On this episode, Stephen Gold, Chief Value Creation Officer at Ethos Capital, unpacks how value creation in portcos changes when investment partners are also operators and put personal capital into each deal, and how...
Episode #49
On this episode, Alex Abell, Managing Partner at RCP Advisors, explains how fund of funds investors evaluate lower middle market managers—and why fund-level benchmarking alone fails to surface which GPs are genuinely...
Episode #48
On this episode, Bob Root, Transformation Partner at Southfield Capital, discusses how to find and accelerate growth in services businesses that have been underserved by technology. Learn how deal teams evaluate growth...
Episode #47
On this episode, Sequoya Borgman, Founder and CEO of Borgman Capital, discusses buying and holding family and founder-led businesses in manufacturing, industrials and other legacy industries. Learn why leverage—not...
Episode #46
On this episode, Mike Magliochetti, Operating Partner at Riverside Partners, shares what it means to be a deeply engaged operating partner—and why he believes the role has to go far beyond an advisory or check-in...
Episode #45
On this episode, Jackie Joelson, Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital at Oracle NetSuite, joins Shiv to break down how a dedicated PE technology practice took shape, and why ERP has become one of the established...
Episode #44
On this episode, Ian Ross, Partner at Concentric Equity Partners, discusses how a family office-private equity hybrid changes the economics of lower middle market investing. Learn why fund-cycle pressure pushes firms to...
Episode #43
On this episode, Ari Landsberg, Managing Director at 17 Capital, explains how NAV lending works as a flexible, fund-level capital tool for private equity managers—and why demand has been driven by opportunity rather...
Episode #38
On this episode, Jonathon Ferguson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Ashgrove Capital, explains how bespoke financing solutions for B2B software differ fundamentally from both direct lending and venture debt—and why...
Episode #31
On this episode, Jonty Yamisha, CEO of Axxonsoft, draws on a career that has spanned private equity underwriting, operating partner roles and the CEO seat to explain what gets lost when investors and operators don't...
Episode #30
On this episode, Tyler Newton, Managing Partner at Catalyst, makes the case for a disciplined approach to growth investing that sits between VC and buyout—and what operators and investors can learn from it.Learn how to...
Episode #29
On this episode, Christian Chauvet, Partner at Lee Equity, shares how vertical focus creates a structural advantage in healthcare and financial services investing—and what it takes to build and scale founder-led...
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