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PE firm is looking for cash flow and ebita improvements immediately to enable reduction of debt and quick sale with desired multiple.
The management is looking to run the business to meet goals they have... there will be tension with the PE firm
Only tension if your results slip. There may be some equity upside if you are senior enough
New product dev suffers. The ecosystem is set up for a certain amount of financial liberty...it is suddenly constrained for a new product under pe. Company can’t cope witth that.
Only in an unenlightened PE shop. Most want the management team to grow the business that is the way they make the exit with high IRR. Inflation growth doesn’t get them there, especially in a time of likely decreasing multiples
PE companies only back companies where they think their playbook works . It’s in your best interest that you know what the playbook is and determine if you can live with it . A lot of tension with PE happens because people don’t know the playbook details
Worked with a client that was PE backed: They were hyper-focused to make changes and change the trajectory of the company, but there was some serious tension between employees and the PE fund