Private Equity Dealmaking Picks Up, But Will It Lead to Jobs?

July 5, 2010

Domestic LBO activity, which dropped to a low of $10.4 billion early in 2009, has rebounded and will surpass $37 billion for the first half of this year, according to an article in The Deal, using data from research firm Dealogic. Factors such as the end of the recession, a recovery in corporate earnings and […]

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New Generation of Venture Capitalists in the Making

June 28, 2010

After facing one of the toughest declines in entry-level job hiring in decades, many recent college graduates are choosing to launch their own businesses, rather than pursue more conventional summer jobs. It’s not just a tough job market that’s driving the trend. Many 20-somethings are more comfortable with new technologies such as social networking that […]

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Private Equity Job Interview Preparation

June 21, 2010

Private equity firms look for analysts who have M&A and LBO deal experience. They are, after all, in the business of buying companies. So your capital markets or IPO experience isn’t as important to them. To prepare both your resume and for the interview, you’ll need to make a list of all the deals you’ve […]

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10 Years in a Venture Capital Job and You Are Just Getting Started

June 14, 2010

David Hornik is a partner at August Capital, a Menlo Park, CA, venture capital firm, and a respected invested in software companies. He recently started his own blog called VentureBlog, a Random Walk Down Sand Hill Road. Yet after 10 years in the business, he still struggled with what to write about. A partner at […]

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Tough Private Equity Job Interviews

June 10, 2010

If you have successfully landed private equity job interviews in this market, congratulations. You must be doing something right. Now, if you are finding the interview process is dragging out – you may have a problem. “It’s usually a bearish sign if you don’t get an offer after three rounds of interviews,” said Stephen Kaplitt, […]

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How High Level Private Equity Fundraising Gets Done

June 7, 2010

The Sacramento Bee offered a glimpse behind the curtain of how big-time private equity investors get wooed by major private equity firms. Trouble is, much of the details are being disclosed as a result of a lawsuit filed against those involved. California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed suit last month alleging that a $601 million […]

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Will Low-Cost Start-Ups Spur More Venture Capital Jobs?

May 31, 2010

Fifteen years ago it took some serious cash to help a fledgling tech company get off the ground. You need a few million dollars of seed money for hiring talent, office space, equipment, marketing and promotion. But today the technology costs of getting started has dropped dramatically, reports Smartplanet.com Thanks to the rapidly shrinking costs […]

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Good News, Bad News for Private Equity Compensation

May 24, 2010

Private equity and venture capitals firms appear to have dodged one bullet this past week, while being winged by another. The final versions of the House and Senate financial reform bills both exempt private equity and venture capital firms from having to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will help them avoid the […]

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Landing Private Equity Jobs

May 18, 2010

Private equity firms are as selective in their hiring as they ever have been. Even some of the largest firms are now only hiring a few new people each year. The good news, for those looking to land private equity jobs, is that there is no background that is an absolute requirement. We said it […]

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Will Silicon Valley Remain the Venture Capital Job Mecca?

May 17, 2010

It’s been 40 years since high tech pioneers like Hewlett-Packard and Intel burst onto the scene and put Silicon Valley on the map as the global center of innovation and entrepreneurship. Today, the 60-mile long stretch from San Francisco to San Jose still attracts one-third of all venture capital invested in new businesses in the […]

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