The Private Equity Playbook

Management's Guide to Working with Private Equity

By: Adam Coffey

Narrated by: Ron Butler

Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Private equity firms are on the rise and rapidly changing the game. Today, more than 5,500 PE firms own tens of thousands of companies, so it is essential for CEOs and senior management executives to understand exactly how private equity firms operate. This invaluable resource can help you devise a winning PE game plan for your own company that offers you greater freedom and financial success.

CEO Adam Coffey has almost 20 years of experience building businesses for private equity companies. In this authoritative yet approachable handbook, he covers:

• The history and landscape of private equity
• Ground rules for finding the right firm to partner with
• Techniques for navigating the new governance
• Strategies for continued growth in the private equity space
• And more

The Private Equity Playbook provides all the coaching you'll need to compete and win on this new playing field.

©2019 Adam Coffey (P)2019 Adam Coffey

Adam Coffey is the real deal.

What I loved about this book as how simply Adam breaks down what seems like such a complex strategy. Having read and listened to this playbook I now feel equipes to have high level conversations with others in or seeking to enter this space. This is for anyone who’s looking to grow, scale and or operate their businesses with more efficiency

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Solid overview for business owners

Goes over private equity basics from the perspective of the PE fund and from a business operator looking to sell to PE.

Good overview of partnering with PE

I had a decent knowledge of PE from a fund point of view. This book added the perspective of the entrepreneur that sells to PE or the corporate execute that moves to work in a PE owned company.

Extremely Informative and Engaging!! It’s worth it!!

Wow I really like this content and reader! I’ve learned a lot about private equity backed companies, why to sale them, why to be apart of upper management, and also, what mindset to have when as apart of the upper management team! I have hopes of getting involved in private equity and this book has generated more hopes!

Thanks Adam Coffee for sharing your experiences!

An excellent playbook for understanding PE firms

Excellent content... Well laid out with the structure that works well. Practical and readable.. Spoke to me like someone knowing my journey into my second half. Liked the Josh and Rose characters.. Made it more relevant.

Great PE strategy inside this book!

Adam offers principle information about private equity and strategic insight on how to thrive in the industry. His info on selling a company multiple times for 7-8 figures was probably the most brilliant strategy I’d heard to date. Great book! I highly recommend.

Excellent primer on private equity

Second time listening to this book. Left w golden nuggets after each time. Adam is a wealth of knowledge.

Best Introduction to the PE World

I left the corporate world this year to start an IT consultancy advising PE firms and their portfolio companies. After reading countless articles and listening to many podcasts, I still did not have the language to translate my experience in the corporate M&A world to the world of private equity. Adam's book gave me what I needed to confidently introduce my services to the PE market. Started a second read through already!

For the novice! Nice primer.

Great baseline overview for the novice! Very good primer with key points covered overall. Fast and easy listening.

Must Read for Founders

If you own a business, then you owe it to yourself to read The Private Equity Playbook and unlock this knowledge for your business journey.