Warm-up Videos

The world of private equity has its own jargon and requires a sophisticated understanding of finance. Limber up for what’s to come in this course by watching these short guides to the basics. If you feel the videos are too fast to follow and want to take notes, please just use pause to stop the video, or move the cursor to replay. There is no limit to the number of times you can watch the videos that form this course.

Learning Objectives:

• Appreciate how value is created in the private equity sphere.
• Demonstrate fluency in using the jargon of PE management and governance, appreciating investment objectives and motivation.
• Outline the difference between valuation increase and value creation, and why this difference can lie at the heart of portfolio company boardroom dilemmas.