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Our latest article, developed jointly with Accordion, explains how shortening the so-called Year 1 “honeymoon period” and implementing a formalized value creation plan as early as possible once the holding period begins can help sponsors realize investment goals sooner.

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While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to value creation, automating data, ensuring ongoing collaboration among teams, and leaning into new PE technology are seen as keys as to effective measurement and tracking.

These were among the prevailing opinions and insights shared last week by veteran PE operating partners Casey Myers of Edison Partners, Dave Richards of Strategic Value Partners, Steven Siwinski of Accel-KKR, and Dave Venker of HCI Equity Partners during the Maestro-moderated panel on value creation tracking at Private Equity Internationals’ Operating Partners Forum.

Check out our latest article for a more fulsome recap of the panel discussion:

Beyond traditional marketing tactics, portfolio company marketing leaders are assuming greater responsibility for building pipeline, managing sales and business development teams, and meeting the growth objectives set forth in the value creation plan.

We spoke with marketers from 3 companies to understand their respective levels of visibility into the VC plan, frequency of engagement with their sponsor, and to gauge their general thoughts on the benefits of being a marketer today in a PE-backed environment.

Thanks to Cassie Vitelli of Litify, Melissa Sopwith, MBA of PFB Custom Homes Group, and Lauren St. Amand and Melissa Macatuno at StarCompliance, for sharing your valuable insights!

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Fantastic day 1 at the Operating Partners Forum organized by Private Equity International. Caught up with dozens of happy clients, built several new relationships and attended many relevant panel discussions including the one on Evolution of Finance operating partner moderated by Accordion CEO Nick Leopard 

Such a great feeling to receive not one but two shout outs for Maestro from the stage by senior Operating Partners who are happy clients of Maestro during panel discussions on Value Creation Planning & Accelerating Cross-functional integration.

Now, onto day 2 and excited for the panel discussion on the topic - “Challenges in tracking value creation” that Maestro Head of Client Development Amy Newlan  is moderating and includes panelists from Accel-KKR  Edison Partners HCI Equity Partners Strategic Value Partners 
See you there!

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Private equity sponsors often are slow to use Year 1 of a new investment to immediately begin driving robust growth and value.

In today’s challenging dealmaking environment, getting an immediate jump on value creation once a new investment is closed is critical for accelerating growth and ultimately reaching investment milestones.

Accordion’s Christopher Stipe and Maestro’s Prasanth Ramanand explain how shortening the Year 1 “honeymoon period” by creating and executing a formalized value creation plan at the earliest possible moment can help sponsors realize investment goals and ultimately deliver enhanced returns.

If you’re interested in learning how to create and execute value creation plans that accelerate measurable growth, don’t miss our panel session on Wednesday, October 18th at 2 PM. Maestro’s Amy Newlan will be joined by Casey Myers of Edison Partners, Dave Richards of Strategic Value Partners, Steven Siwinski of Accel-KKR, and Dave Venker of HCI Equity Partners for a lively and informative discussion focused on helping attendees elevate value creation effectiveness, capture results, and demonstrate impact to all stakeholders.

We look forward to seeing you in NYC!

Excited to see Maestro's own Prasanth Ramanand on the big stage at Bregal Sagemount's Big Exit Conference along with experts Jeff Goltara and Don Agee of Accordion as they discuss board level reporting, systems, templates & best practices for the C-Suite.

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