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Private Equity Data Guy

Graeme Crawford

Private equity meets data. Conversations with deal teams, operating partners, and portfolio company leaders about the data problems that kill deals, slow exits, and destroy value.Hosted by Graeme Crawford, founder of Crawford McMillan. 20 years leading data programs at Fortune 100 companies. Now helping PE-backed companies fix data before exits so the numbers hold up under scrutiny.New episodes cover diligence red flags, value creation playbooks, and the real stories behind successful (and failed) transactions.

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53 episodes

  1. Private Equity Leaders Could Not See What AI Was Doing 37:22
  2. The Finance Fix That Prepared a Company for Private Equity Review 45:39
  3. What Private Equity Portfolio Companies Miss In Their Own Billing 36:18
  4. Why Private Equity Value Creation Plans Quietly Fail 7:26
  5. Why Private Equity Operators Still Cannot Find Their Real EBITDA 36:24
  6. What Actually Breaks Private Equity Portfolio Companies 51:35
  7. Why Private Equity Operating Partners Can't Trust Their Own KPIs 44:31
  8. Why Private Equity Firms Call Customers Before Closing 35:57
  9. The Feeling Every Operator Has Before the Numbers Turn 44:21
  10. What Buyers Actually See Before the LOI (And What the SIM Hides) 45:04
  11. The Metrics Look Fine. So Why Is the Business Stalling? 36:24
  12. Why Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem 43:36
  13. Why Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem 43:36
  14. Why Your Data Problem Is Actually a Leadership Problem 43:36
  15. Why 80% of Founder CEOs Fail After PE Buys Their Company 39:39
  16. The Compliance Reality Nobody Tells You About AI 39:32
  17. Why 90% of AI Pilots Fail Before They Start 49:50
  18. Why Hiring Works More Like Sales Than HR 50:15
  19. Why PE Firms Are Asking the Wrong Question About AI 50:30
  20. This Is How He Turned Agency Ownership Into a Video Game 47:44
  21. What PE Buyers Find When They Actually Look at Your Data 43:59
  22. Is your Data telling you the right story? 48:07
  23. Private Equity Is a Talent Business, Not a Finance Business 41:20
  24. What PE Gets Right That Corporate America Never Will 51:58
  25. How this company lost $2.8M due to three mismatched numbers 49:16
  26. The Data Problem That Kills PE Exit Multiples 44:56
  27. Why Your PE AI Program Is Already Failing 40:56
  28. Private Equity Is 20 Years Behind and Running Out of Time 41:06
  29. Data Doesn't Win Wars—This Does 39:43
  30. How To Stop Wasting Six Figures On Hires Who Look Perfect On Paper 51:13
  31. Why Your AI Projects Fail (You Can't Fire AI) 40:28
  32. Better Data Doesn't Always Mean Better Decisions (Here's Why) 56:05
  33. When Lab Data Says Normal But Body Data Disagrees 48:42
  34. Your Perfect Dashboard Isn't Driving Any Decisions 51:50
  35. How Data Transforms Your Fitness Journey 48:24
  36. Data shows local SEO delivers results in 30 days, expert explains 32:15
  37. No more human actors?: How AI is Reshaping Hollywood 46:44
  38. This is the best way to make sales accordingly to psychology data 46:34
  39. The Science of Public Speaking: How Data Shapes Presence 46:49
  40. How Small Business Financial Data Reveals Success or Failure: M&A Expert Shares Hidden Patterns 46:29
  41. How to Scale Trust in the Age of AI: Data-Driven Marketing That Actually Works 47:31
  42. How to lose weight using data 45:22
  43. How to Build a Data-Driven Culture: From Startup to 8-Figure Exit 42:23
  44. AI Strategy Lessons from the White House 47:01
  45. How Data Transparency Transforms Democracy 47:04
  46. How to Build Data Strategies That Actually Work 50:03
  47. Why Smart People Make Terrible Business Decisions 43:40
  48. Why Measuring the Wrong Thing Can Destroy Your Business: 39:46
  49. "Someone's watching over you" - And We're COMFORTABLE With It (Here's Why) 49:26
  50. Wikipedia and Beyond: Who REALLY Controls Your Company's Online Reputation? 41:32