by admin.virtas | Sep 29, 2026 | Podcasts
Private equity in professional services is becoming harder to assess with a single market narrative. Buyers may see opportunity in specialized firms, yet they must also weigh regulation, talent retention, technology disruption, and leadership durability. That tension...
by admin.virtas | Jul 15, 2026 | Podcasts
Every CEO is telling their teams to “do something with AI,” so most firms hand out ChatGPT licenses, call it transformation, and move on. Then they ask it to forecast demand or reconcile five years of data, get a generic answer, and decide AI...
by admin.virtas | Jul 1, 2026 | Podcasts
Have you ever watched a firm with real talent completely sabotage a relationship through sheer carelessness? In this episode, Neal shares a firsthand account of being disinvited, and essentially accused of planning to crash a party, by an investment bank conference...
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...
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...
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...
