Can Unicorns Hurt Buyouts?

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Can Unicorns Hurt Buyouts?

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51 minutes

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Apr 26, 2016

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Devin and Jim talk about Unicorns -- not the mythical horse with
a horn, but rather
the club of billion-dollar-plus tech companies. How is this market
different than the late 90s?
How do Unicorns affect buyouts and smaller companies, both
positively and negatively? These
are just a few of the questions we discuss on today's show.

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Apr 26, 2016

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Hosted by Devin Mathews and Jim Milbery, partners at ParkerGale Capital, a middle-market private equity group. This bi-weekly show is a lively discussion of the uses of technology to improve business operations for companies with less than $100 million in revenue.

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