The journey of an Independent Sponsor – post closing until an exit.
Adapting and Interacting with different equity partners and their operating models.
Buy-and-build vs organic growth Intense involvement around KPIs vs hands-off Determining respective roles and responsibilities through the value creation cycle.
Areas of focus for value creation – performance/operational improvements, sales and marketing, acquisition strategies, etc.
Ongoing evolution of management team Responding to changes in competitive landscape Evaluating the tradeoff between investing into IT and optimizing margins towards an exit