I've got an interview with a mid-market PE firm and they've asked me for:

1 page doc outlining a tech company (pref SaaS/Ent software) I'd invest in
3 ways I'd improve their EBITDA organically (be specific & quantify financial impact)

Anyone got good resources/best practices for this? Any good ideas for companies and things that can be done to improve them?

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Looks like this PR firm will be getting a lot of free advice and analysis.

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Maybe figure it out yourself
Like you will in the job

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That’s a good idea to weed out the unqualified

1. Buy random company
2. Ask Twitter and fishbowl what you should do
3. Profit?

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1) buy a competitor that is impacting pricing.
2) then increase pricing for affected segment
3) find a way to reduce costs

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*organic

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Sift through public companies, size/segment market by customers and competitors, figure out where target lies and how well target competes in that specific segment, piece out growth themes (eg., expand into new customer segments) and cost themes (eg., labor arbitrage)

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Contact USDA and get organic label

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Step 1. Increase revenue
Step 2. Decrease costs
Step 3. ???
Step 4. Profit

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