MasterClass™ Audio Packages
We record the proceedings of many of our MasterClass events, and make the recordings available for purchase on CDs* -- complete with all MasterClass handouts.
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- learn at your convenience
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Our Most Popular Programs
PE Investing In Government Services & Defense Companies -- Activity Intensifies As Stimulus Funds Expand The Sectors, & New Opportunities Open Up In Cyber, Health, & Energy -
Co-chaired By David K. Panton, Navigation Capital Partners Inc., & Joyce C. Johnson-Miller, Relativity Capital LLC
July 22, 2010, New York City
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July 13, 2010, New York City
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Chaired By J. Robert Hall,
Centerview Partners LLC
June 10, 2010, New York City
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Chaired By Kelly M. Williams,
Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
May 13, 2010, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Beyond Healthcare Reform -- Implications For Creating Success For New PE Deals -- & For Portfolio Companies - Chaired by Jeffrey R. Jay M.D., Great Point Partners LLC
April 22, 2010, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package The Boom In PE Investments In Cleantech & Renewable Energy -- The Reshaping Of Cleantech Finance - Chaired by David F. Lincoln, Element Partners
April 15, 2010, New York City
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March 18, 2010, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package SBICs -- A Whole Day, The Whole Story -- Everything You Need To Know To Get Licensed, As Well As Launch & Manage An SBIC - Chaired By Vincent D. Foster, Main Street Capital Corp.
March 11, 2010, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package PE Portfolio Companies -- Best Practices For Helping Them Build Value, & Prepare For IPOs Or Strategic Sales - Chaired By John M. Jureller, General Atlantic LLC
March 04, 2010, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package PE Fundraising From Family Offices & Wealthy Individuals -- How More Private Equity Professionals Are Finding Success Beyond The Traditional Institutional LP World - Chaired By Diane Sterthous, Glenmede Trust Co. NA
February 25, 2010, New York City
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February 11, 2010, New York City
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February 04, 2010, New York City
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January 21, 2010, New York City
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Chaired By Bruce A. Eatroff,
Halyard Capital
January 14, 2010, New York City
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Charterhouse Group Inc.
November 12, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Investing In Cleantech & Renewable Energy Companies - Another All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market PE, VC, & Mezz Firms -
Chaired By Mark Nydam,
PCG Asset Management LLC
October 29, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How PE Firms Can Profit From Financial Services Investing, Given The New Regulatory Environment -
Chaired By Robert Glanville, Pine Brook Road Partners LLC
October 15, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package New Do's & Don'ts Of Fundraising In 2010 -- Bucking The Trend, & Hitting Your Targets - Tenth Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On Succeeding At Fundraising For PE, VC, & Mezz Firms -
Chaired By Steven Costabile, AIG Investments
October 07, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezzanine Financing For 2010's PE Deals -- How To Find The Capital You Need Now That Mezz Firms Have The Upper Hand -
Chaired By Justin Wender, Castle Harlan Inc.
October 01, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Enhancing Portfolio Companies -- How Top PE Firms Are Using State-Of-The-Art Strategies To Build Value -
Chaired By Hartley R. Rogers, Hamilton Lane
September 24, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Benefit In 2009's Secondary Marketplace - Another All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market PE, VC, Mezz, & Secondary GPs & LPs
Chaired By Brett Gordon, HarbourVest Partners LLC
July 23, 2009, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How To Build Education & Training Platforms -- What PE Firms Are Learning - An All-NEW Annual MasterClass™ For Middle-Market Private Equity Investors & Mezzanine Lenders<br>Chaired By John Bates, Arlington Capital Partners
July 14, 2009, New York City
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June 25, 2009, New York City
Scott Case
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June 18, 2009, New York City
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May 14, 2009, New York
John Wolak
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How Independent Sponsors Can Prosper During The Recession -- Without An Institutional Safety Net - Fifth Semi-Annual MasterClass™ On PE Dealmaking By Independent (aka "Fundless") Sponsors & The Investors Who Back Them
April 29, 2009 to
April 30, 2009, New York, NY
baum
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How Media PE Investors Can Weather The "Perfect Storm" In Their Disrupted Industry - Third Annual MasterClass™ On PE Investing In Middle-Market Media Companies
April 16, 2009, New York, NY
Behringer
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March 12, 2009, San Francisco, CA
Stromberg/Kahn
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March 12, 2009, New York, NY
Presser
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March 04, 2009, New York, NY
Ecock
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February 26, 2009, New York, NY
Decker
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December 11, 2008, New York, NY
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November 13, 2008, New York, NY
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October 28, 2008 to
October 29, 2008, New York, NY
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October 16, 2008, New York, NY
glanville
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September 25, 2008, New York, NY
Steven N. Costabile
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July 22, 2008 to
July 24, 2008, New York, NY
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July 16, 2008, New York, NY
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July 10, 2008, New York, NY
Henry Nasella
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June 25, 2008, New York, NY
Jon Weber
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June 19, 2008, New York, NY
John Liu
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June 18, 2008, New York, NY
Mo Stout
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May 15, 2008, New York, New York
Ross Posner
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May 14, 2008, New York, New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
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May 07, 2008, New York, NY
T. Shattan
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April 24, 2008, New York, NY
Stephen Presser
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April 23, 2008, New York, NY
Tom Janes
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March 27, 2008, New York, NY
Mark Epstein
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March 13, 2008, San Francisco, CA
Ronald A. Kahn & G. Thomas Stromberg, Jr.
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February 28, 2008, New York, NY
Thomas Rest
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February 27, 2008, New York, NY
Rob Long
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February 07, 2008, New York, NY
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January 30, 2008, New York, NY
Matthew Gormly
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January 23, 2008, New York, NY
Joel Holsinger
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October 30, 2007, New York City
Howard Morgan
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October 18, 2007, New York City
Zubeen Schroff
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October 17, 2007
Michael Aspinwall
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September 25, 2007, New York City
Mitchell L. Hollin
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September 19, 2007, New York City
Michael Alcamo
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July 19, 2007, New York City
Ross Posner
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June 07, 2007, New York City
David Yarnell
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May 17, 2007, New York City
David Turner
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April 25, 2007
Bruce Luehrs
Purchase Audio Package The Art of the Smaller Deal - How Smaller Middle-Market P.E. Funds Can Outperform the Great Big Ones
March 15, 2007, New York City
Bob Fitzsimmons
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January 17, 2007, New York City
George Cole
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November 29, 2006, New York City
Jon Lemelmen
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November 09, 2006, New York City
Adam Blumenthal
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October 31, 2006, New York City
George Bickerstaff
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October 12, 2006, New York City
Denny Ogden
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September 28, 2006, New York City
David Turner
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September 20, 2006, New York City
Ron Kahn/Clem Wood
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package First Annual MasterClass on Strategic Deals in India - Opportunities For U.S. Private-Equity Firms
July 27, 2006, New York City
Alex Bangash
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July 20, 2006, New York City
Sean Traynor
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June 07, 2006, New York City
Jesse Reyes
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May 23, 2006, New York City
Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Third Annual MasterClass on Fundraising for PE & VC Firms - Strategies for Follow-on & Start-up Funds
May 18, 2006, New York City
John Crocker
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April 20, 2006, New York City
Adam Burgoon, Apax Partners Inc.
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April 06, 2006, New York City
Chaired By: Eric S. Rosenfeld, President, Crescendo Partners LP
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March 30, 2006, New York City
Venita E. Fields, Senior Managing Director, Smith Whiley & Co.
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March 16, 2006, New York City
Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Partnership Equity
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March 02, 2006, NewYork City
Chaired By: Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Managing Partner, The Riverside Company
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January 26, 2006, New York City
Chaired By: David W. Frost, Managing Partner, Frost & Partners
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November 30, 2005, New York City
Chaired By: Daniel L. Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Ventures LP,
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October 19, 2005, Yale Club, New York City
Chaired By: Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Partnership Equity
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September 28, 2005, University Club, New York City
Chaired By: Ronald A. Kahn, Managing Director, Lincoln International & Clement B. Wood, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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June 22, 2005, New York City
Chaired by: Jesse E. Reyes, Managing Director, Reyes AnalyticsCo. Inc.
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May 05, 2005
Chaired By: John Crocker, Managing Director--Private Fund Group, Citigroup Inc.
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March 10, 2005, New York City
Chaired by: Nicole Kubin, Partner, Velvet Asset Management
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November 17, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Michael B. Staebler, Dean of SBIC Law, & Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
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November 10, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Andrew J. Sherman, author, Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z: Strategic & Practical Guidance for Small & Middle-Market Buyers & Sellers
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October 20, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: David N. Feldman, Managing Partner, Feldman Weinstein LLP
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July 13, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Andrew Arno, Head of Capital Markets, C. E. Unterberg Towbin; & J. Mitchell Hull, Managing Director, Hull Capital Corp. LLC
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Other Programs
You can find more information on our other past programs on our Past MasterClasses page.
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