How Great Operators Win! How PE does it like pros with Mark Brooks - Acquisitions Anonymous 180
How Great Operators Win! How PE does it like pros with Mark Brooks - Acquisitions Anonymous 180
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Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) is joined by Mark Brooks (@markbrooks), Managing Director at Permanent Equity, to talk about investor-operator relationships, integrations, pre-close involvement and post-close dynamics, cultural fits, empowering leadership teams, handling tough conversations, and much more.
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