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Private Equity Funcast

The PE Funcast is a weekly show featuring Devin Mathews and Jim Milbery -- partners at ParkerGale Capital. We discuss all things related to privately-owned middle market technology companies -- the kind of great businesses that are outside the sphere of venture capital.
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Feb 14, 2024

Jim welcomes the CEO of Master Storytelling and former host of Planet Money, the always-entertaining Adam Davidson. We explore the importance of crafting a compelling and memorable narrative for companies to effectively communicate with various stakeholders, including investors, management teams, and customers. We take a detour to delve into the challenges of generic messaging, the significance of being distinct and memorable, and the role of storytelling in aligning and coordinating actions within a company. 

Nov 11, 2022

Jim talks with Paul Stansik about his experiences digging in on the sales and marketing function within our portfolio.

Dec 24, 2021

It's our annual holiday episode, with your original hosts -- Devin and Jim. While the debate over "Die Hard as a Christmas movie" is settled (it is), there are still plenty of things to discuss this holiday season, so come have a listen.

 

Jan 9, 2019

Devin and Jim talk about macro and micro events for 2019 including; the global economy, the U.S. economy, politics, the tech market and the implications for private equity in the new year.

Apr 11, 2018

Jim and Devin talk about the one or two characteristics that can blow an otherwise terrific executive out of the water.  It's Bill Simmons' 90/10 rule -- only better!

Sep 24, 2015

A lengthy discussion with Alan Williamson on the "perfect technology stack".   In today's environment do you HAVE to be running on Linux, or is Windows Server just fine for some shops?   C# or Java?  Java or Ruby on Rails?  Should you be getting rid of all of your old perl and PHP code?  Is this the end for relational databases?  AngularJS or jQuery?

Apr 2, 2015

Jim interviews FunCast Bracketology Commish, Ryan Milligan in preparation for next week's "Final Four".

Feb 13, 2015

Devin and Jim talk about Nassim Nicholas Taleb's gem, "Fooled by Randomness"

Dec 24, 2014

Jim and Devin talk restaurants and cuisine with Chicago's own Chef John Caputo.

Dec 11, 2014

Jim and Devin talk shop with Troy Henikoff from TechStars Chicago.

Oct 20, 2014

Devin and Jim introduce their new firm, Parker Gale Capital

Oct 2, 2014

Devin and Jim discuss succcession planning for founders.

May 10, 2014

We sit down with a real life Associate from a real life private equity fund. Removed from his natural habitat and placed in captivity in Chicago, Kevin Fitzgerald shares with us what he did to get the job, what he does on a daily basis and where he's taking the experience next (hint: it's in Cambridge, MA).

Apr 14, 2014

Jim and Devin discuss the vaunted venture "pivot" and its applicability, or lack there-of in the private equity business.

Apr 4, 2014

Jim trades programming barbs, tips and opinions with the guru of application development, Alan Williamson.

Mar 17, 2014

Bring out your debt!  We've talked a lot about funding options for owners of mid sized companies but we haven't covered debt yet.  Well, here you go.  A detailed conversation with Ian Larkin, founder and Managing Partner of Maranon Capital.  Ian describes why you should look at debt in a business like a parfait sundae (seriously, he does!) and what all those layers mean to you as an owner.  He talks about the aversion most business owners have toward debt and why they might want to change their minds a little.  Then at the end we kind of ramble on about things that have nothing to do with debt, private equity or fancy deserts.

Dec 24, 2013

It's our Christmas Spectacular!  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you out there in the podcast ether! 

Nov 27, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our listeners!

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