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The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing

Lessons in private investing straight from the field's pioneers.

by Robert Finkel with David Greising

The book collects interviews and case studies with leading private equity and venture capital investors, drawing out the management lessons behind their biggest deals. Pioneers such as those behind firms like KKR, Carlyle, and others recount how they evaluated, built, and exited companies. It is organized around the principles that turned early investments into outsized returns.

Founders raising from PE or VC get a window into how the people on the other side of the table actually think about value, risk, and ownership. Hearing it from the pioneers themselves helps a founder anticipate what investors want and how deals get built.

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