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Paul Stanzic appears in 2 full episodes we cover on Private Equity Funcast. Below is what each conversation covered, with a key takeaway per article. Every quote in the articles is verbatim and timestamped to the source video.

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The Deal Closed. Now What?

Paul Stanzic and Ryan Milligan of ParkerGale Capital discuss the critical transition from deal diligence to active portfolio company ownership during year one. They explore how operating partners should balance urgent value creation with active listening, conduct sales ride-alongs, establish go-to-market reporting rhythms, and run upsell campaigns. They emphasize the necessity of in-person collaboration and having the courage to navigate unstructured, candid conversations with company employees and customers.

  • Founder-owned software companies frequently lack internal consensus on how many products they actually sell, leaving account white space unmapped. Read →
  • ParkerGale Capital operating partner Paul Stanzic targets sitting on 10 to 20 customer sales calls immediately following deal close to test underwriting models against actual buyer behavior. Read →
  • Ryan Milligan and Paul Stanzic run one-on-one diagnostic interviews across newly acquired portfolio companies during the first 30 days to locate operational drag. Read →
  • ParkerGale operating partner Paul Stanzic tracks early governance intensity by flight frequency: logging four flights on his United app to a newly acquired business within six months marks the baseline for real relationship equity. Read →
  • Most post-acquisition commercial reporting devolves into bloated 20-tab spreadsheets that management chucks over the fence and sponsors never discuss. Read →
Oct 18 · 5 articles · Watch ↗
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Understanding Management Equity: What PE CEOs Should Know

Paul Stansik and Ryan Milligan break down how private equity management equity pools actually work, detailing the mechanics of waterfalls, profits interests versus stock options, and vesting schedules. They explain how incoming executives can evaluate equity grids, spot sponsor red flags, and negotiate custom solutions like sale bonuses when existing equity is underwater.

  • Preferred equity hurdles compounding at 8% annually can wipe out common equity upside, leaving leadership teams with zero payout despite generating hundreds of millions in enterprise value. Read →
  • Sponsors often present equity illustration grids with exit enterprise values that conceal aggressive operating assumptions. Read →
  • Time-based equity typically vests across a four- to five-year window on quarterly or annual schedules. Read →
  • Quoted management equity percentages (typically 0.25% to 2%) apply only to the residual common equity pool, never to total enterprise value. Read →
  • Sponsors who refuse to share detailed distribution waterfalls or financial models during hiring discussions are intentionally concealing downside economics. Read →
  • Profits interests tied to LLC structures grant management pure upside in a sale without requiring an upfront cash check or out-of-pocket capital. Read →
Sep 13 · 6 articles · Watch ↗
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