VALUE CREATION:

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Learn proven practices—winning moves—for accelerating value creation in private equity-backed companies.
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INVEST MORE
INTELLIGENTLY

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DRIVE GREAT RETURNS MORE PREDICTABLY

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BUILD ENDURING
COMPANIES

THE CHALLENGE

It’s tough out there for private equity buyers.

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TONS OF
CAPITAL

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FIERCE COMPETITION

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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:

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Invest less confidently
and competitively

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Lose precious time post-closing

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Generate weaker returns

THE ANSWER

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Helping private equity-backed companies drive value creation more confidently, consistently, and predictably.

Build better businesses. Turbo-boost returns.

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STEP 1

READ
THE BOOK

Bursting with actionable, value-generating advice for private equity investors and executives, from investors and executives.

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STEP 2
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ACCESS
THE PLATFORM

Video tutorials, interviews, and field guides that will help you to make these proven winning moves with confidence.
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STEP 3

WATCH
EQUITY VALUE SOAR

Take action on these proven winning moves throughout the deal lifecycle, and watch your returns climb.
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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.

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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.

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ABOUT THE PLATFORM

A DIGITAL ARSENAL OF VALUE-GENERATING WINNING MOVES

A constantly-growing arsenal of videos, how-to guides, interviews, and tutorials that will help you to make these proven winning moves with confidence. It’s like jet fuel for your value creation engine.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

WE HELP PRIVATE-EQUITY BACKED COMPANIES START STRONG

Our FastStart First 100 program leverages the ideas in Winning Moves to help investors and their leadership teams get aligned, build momentum, and start strong during the high-stakes First 100 days post-closing.
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WHO IT IS FOR

For ambitious private equity professionals & executives whose success depends on generating great returns.

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PE-BACKED EXECUTIVES

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OPERATING PARTNERS

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INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS

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VALUE CREATION TEAMS

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SEARCH FUNDS

THE CONTRIBUTORS

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

Crowdsourced wisdom from leading B2B investors and executives

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PRAISE FOR WINNING MOVES

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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.

Let’s face it: it’s becoming tougher and tougher to stay ahead in the fiercely competitive private equity space. Loads of capital. Tons of competition. And sky-high prices. These forces will make it tougher than ever to outperform.

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

VIDEO

HOW TO GET THE RIGHT LEADERS ABOARD