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Strengthening Companies

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Strengthening Companies

Jack and Suzy Welch come to the defense of private equity

In a recent column posted to Reuters.com, Jack and Suzy Welch weigh in on political rhetoric about private equity coming out of the presidential election and provide a great explanation of how…
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Rep. Jared Polis visits private equity-owned FreeWave Technologies in Boulder, Colorado

Today Representative Jared Polis visited FreeWave Technologies’ headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.  FreeWave Technologies manufactures the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and…
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WSJ Article Highlights How PE Creates Value

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal highlighted another example of private equity creating long term value for companies across America, profiling Annie’s Inc., which, with an injection of growth…
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The Motley Fool: Private Equity Is Good for America

In a recent op-ed published in The Motley Fool, PEGCC President & CEO, Steve Judge, highlights private equity’s contribution to the U.S. economy: The recent attention given to the private…
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Improving Operations is the Greatest Source of Value for Private Equity

Private equity is about building and growing companies not breaking them apart.  While invested in portfolio companies, private equity firms create value and strengthen companies by providing…
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Private Equity is about Strengthening Companies

The recent political discourse would have you believe that private equity and growth capital is about turning a quick profit, no matter what the cost to the acquired company may be.  But a cursory…
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Cincinnati Enquirer Examines How Private Equity Plays Critical Role in the Economy

Last week, The Cincinnati Enquirer published an article that takes an in-depth look at how private equity impacts companies in Ohio and Kentucky. Titled “Under Scrutiny, Private Equity Plays…
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PE Portfolio Company Universal SmartComp Featured

On Monday, the Washington, Pennsylvania Observer-Reporter profiled Universal SmartComp – one of the featured video case studies on the Private Equity at Work website – in a piece titled, “An…