Flywheel

05/26/2023

How can you build a resilient portfolio company?

Are you aware of the biggest pitfalls of how portco's doomed to fail start spiraling? We've seen hundreds of new funds fail with their first few acquisitions due to specific types of neglect and lack of intention around a few key areas

You can't simply "fall into" a resilient company. It requires a combination of strategies, including working with venture capital and private equity firms, huma

12/05/2022

Culture is the most important aspect when building long term value. Do not underestimate its importance

11/29/2022

Even the best operators can only 'value create' so much.

"Old school" private equity means going back to the basics, cutting headcount and aggressive financial engineering

11/25/2022

Is an investor still an investor without a pipeline?

11/20/2022

"During long periods of heavy transformation, high-impact roles can expect to travel week after week, whether that be for bolt-on acquisition due diligence, negotiating new contracts / vendors, or one of the many other job functions of an agile Operator.

Across all middle and lower middle market firms we work with, Operators expect to be on the road less than one-third of any given month. The majority of long-time Operators will be shocked and (expectedly) pleased to hear how this number has come down from 5-10 years ago, when executing a full growth transformation could leave you near-permanent on the road during stints of heavy expansion."

11/15/2022

What are operators within Venture Capital?

Being around startups and portfolio companies of private equity firms so often, it is easy for the team to become sucked into our own world, using colloquialisms that may make the average person's head spin. But, if we had to start from scratch with teaching the lingo, ‘operator’ would be the fi...

11/11/2022

Is Private Equity Doomed for a Recession?

"With the changing tides economically and shifting strategies, the portfolio company level has seen management style changes, with an increased focus on free cash flow management to gain an advantage ahead of the recessionary writing on the wall. Never is it more important to have specialized Operating Executives that can step in, execute on a playbook they’ve done a thousand times, and prepare the portfolio company for macroeconomic factors that could affect the business itself, but also build the company in a way that an acquisition is not only streamlined but maximizing the value and return potential of it."

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As the private equity industry rounds out a year that makes most want to time travel back to 2021, sponsors are changing directions within the lower and middle markets.

11/08/2022

What is the difference between an Incubator and an Accelerator? Is one better than the other for startups?

11/02/2022

"Regardless of the market cycle, there is still an intense amount of dry powder, fundamentally strong companies, and an astounding number of truly excellent individuals in their respective crafts. If you can connect these three points (or are one of these points), there is a large amount of success to be had and capital to be returned, but it all starts with the first."

The use of operating executives is not a new practice, but as private investment firms (venture capital, private equity, growth equity, family offices, search funds) look to continually boost returns on invested capital, they are getting more creative and building out more advanced methodologies as....

10/25/2022

How is the use of operating executives shifting as we head into a changing market cycle?

10/19/2022

Ever heard of a 'mercenary operator'?

10/07/2022

Hiring with Flywheel is simple:

- Functional Experts vetted by former and current PE investors
- Talent that knows the value creation and IRR-maximizing playbook
- Specialties directly associated with LMM roles

We thought personally guaranteeing every Flywheel member wasn't enough, so we guaranteed their impact as well.