VALUE CREATION:
DECONSTRUCTED
INVEST MORE
INTELLIGENTLY
DRIVE GREAT RETURNS MORE PREDICTABLY
BUILD ENDURING
COMPANIES
THE CHALLENGE
It’s tough out there for private equity buyers.
TONS OF
CAPITAL
FIERCE COMPETITION
GREATER PRESSURE ON RETURNS
The margin for error is shrinking. The pressure to perform is growing.
And without a repertoire of proven, value-creating winning moves, private equity investors and executives will:
Invest less confidently
and competitively
Lose precious time post-closing
Generate weaker returns
THE ANSWER
Helping private equity-backed companies drive value creation more confidently, consistently, and predictably.
Build better businesses. Turbo-boost returns.
STEP 1
READ
THE BOOK
Bursting with actionable, value-generating advice for private equity investors and executives, from investors and executives.
ACCESS
THE PLATFORM
WATCH
EQUITY VALUE SOAR
Getting leadership teams built-out, onto the same page, and ready to win as one.
Early days in an investment, momentum matters. And momentum is only possible if your portfolio company’s leadership team is on the same page.
Our 6 Questions method helps growth-stage leaders to get into-sync on the 6 critical questions that any growth story depends on.
Getting the most out of your investment requires getting the best out of your people.
The most valuable assets in your companies are… the people. Yet research tells us that many companies aren’t getting the best their people have to give. And it costs them greatly.
We help your companies build great teams of people… and create cultures and leaders that get the best out of those people.
ABOUT THE BOOK
105 PROVEN WAYS TO CREATE VALUE IN PE-BACKED BUSINESSES
We asked dozens of successful private equity leaders and executives to share the most potent, powerful, value-generative “winning moves” in B2B companies today. And this is what they had to say.
ABOUT THE PLATFORM
A DIGITAL ARSENAL OF VALUE-GENERATING WINNING MOVES
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
WE HELP PRIVATE-EQUITY BACKED COMPANIES START STRONG
WHO IT IS FOR
For ambitious private equity professionals & executives whose success depends on generating great returns.
PE-BACKED EXECUTIVES
OPERATING PARTNERS
INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS
VALUE CREATION TEAMS
SEARCH FUNDS
THE CONTRIBUTORS
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
Crowdsourced wisdom from leading B2B investors and executives
PRAISE FOR WINNING MOVES
Dr. Geoff Smart
Chairman and Founder of ghSMART and New York Times bestselling author of Who and Power Score
In Winning Moves, Dan Cremons provides practical and sometimes counterintuitive advice about how to build valuable investor-backed companies. Spoiler alert, it’s as much about getting the “who” right as it is the “what!”
Adam Coffey
6x Private Equity-Backed CEO, and Bestselling Author of The Private Equity Playbook and The Exit Strategy Playbook
What an invaluable book for private equity investors and executives. Well-researched, practical, and actionable. Winning Moves is a must-read for private equity leaders who aspire to build enduring businesses that generate great returns.
Kimberly R. Powell
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller The CEO Next Door, founder of LeaderScale Advisors, and Operating Partner at Resolve Growth
Dan Cremons has solidified in a practical way what truly makes a difference in value creation. I can see Winning Moves becoming the new go-to guide to value creation for investors and operators who are seeking to up their game.
Walker Deibel
Bestselling Author of Buy Then Build
In Winning Moves, Dan Cremons successfully deconstructs value creation into a step-by-step process that is destined to elevate the acquisition business model forever.
John Carvalho
Founder of Divestopedia and AcquisitionPlaybook
In recent years, value creation has become a buzzword, complete with obscure concepts and ambiguous frameworks. But in this book, Dan Cremons brings definition and structure to the topic, and ideas that leaders and investors can use to build tangible value in their businesses.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hi there, I’m Dan. I wrote Winning Moves to help private equity investors and executives build great businesses and generate returns faster.
And in this environment, investors can’t rely on value-buying, cost-cutting, and financial engineering to reliably deliver outsized returns. We’re living in an era in which taking a proactive, intentional approach to driving portfolio value creation is key to getting and staying ahead. Your career success and your firm’s financial success depend on it.
In light of this, I set out to answer a simple question: what are the leading private equity investors and executives doing to drive predictable, repeatable value creation in their companies? In my new book, Winning Moves, I’ve melded together my own experience with their 1,000+ years of combined wisdom to help investors and executives invest smarter, and make value creation happen faster.
RESOURCES ON VALUE CREATION
WORKSHOP
5 KEYS TO A FAST START IN THE FIRST 100
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WHY VALUE CREATION PLANNING IS BROKEN
HOW TO GET THE RIGHT LEADERS ABOARD