Episode 5:  The Long Game: Building Relationships and Credibility in Consulting with Grant Marcks

by admin.virtas | Jun 17, 2026 | Podcasts

What separates great business development from everyone else? In this episode, Neal sits down with Grant Marcks, Partner at The Riverside Company, to explore why winning work in private equity and consulting depends on patience, credibility, and long-term...

Episode 4: The Buy-and-Build Playbook: How StoicLane Is Rolling Up Professional Services and Keeping It Forever

by admin.virtas | Jun 3, 2026 | Podcasts

Most investors are laser-focused on the exit. StoicLane Co-founder and President Matt Foran is playing a completely different game: acquiring fragmented, founder-led businesses in finance, insurance, and real estate, and turning them into best-in-class organizations...

Episode 3: New Challenges to the Big 4 and the Questionable Responses

by admin.virtas | May 22, 2026 | Podcasts

The consulting industry is entering a more volatile phase as the Big Four (Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG) face a new kind of competition: former partners building well-funded firms designed to compete directly with them. As industry giants respond with aggressive legal...

Episode 2: Leading from the Front: How to Build and Lead Boutique Consulting Firms

by admin.virtas | May 22, 2026 | Podcasts

Most consulting leaders say “people are our greatest asset,” then design firms where the best people burn out, stall out, or quietly leave. In this episode, Neal sits down with Jason Gandy, CEO of Performance Improvement Partners, a technology advisory and private...

Episode 1: The Current State of the Consulting Market: What Are Private Equity Investors Saying about Deals, Fund Raising and AI?

by admin.virtas | May 22, 2026 | Podcasts

In this episode of Consulting Uncensored, Virtas Partners founder and CEO Neal McNamara provides an update from two recent private equity conferences on what investors are saying about the consulting industry with regards to deals, value creation, and the disruption...