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3 quotes from 2 episodes on Private Equity Spotlight, each with a timestamped link to the source.
Alex Greenbaum details common errors private equity sponsors make during exits, including clinging to broken strategies and selling companies during messy transitions. Institutional buyers actively avoid the risk of purchasing an asset with an unresolved non-core carve-out.
A visible exit process creates commercial vulnerability by allowing enterprise customers to demand concessions during contract negotiations.
“Another one is sometimes when people know you're exiting, they try to use it…”
From Why Principal Talks Rescue Stalled Private Equity Exits
Sponsors often drive businesses in the wrong direction while clinging to unrealistic valuation models. Independent board members introduce objective accountability when firms struggle to evaluate their own flawed strategies.
“It may be that the sponsor had a really unrealistic view of value or of strategy, and they got the strategy wrong, and they were driving the business in the wrong direction. So, it's really hard for people to do that inward look, and I actually think independent board members serve a really important purpose or can serve a really important purpose here.”
From Centerbridge and EQT on Why Blaming Macro for Busted Exits Fails
“I think when you have mixed stories, when it's kind of, 'Hey, we're in mid-transition and we're exiting this non-core piece, but hey, don't worry, it'll be gone in a year,' buyers really struggle with that. They don't wanna take that risk.”
From Why Selling at Peak Performance Destroys Private Equity Exits
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