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Sales Training Programs for Maximizing Results in PE-Backed Portfolio Companies
In private equity-backed companies, sales teams face intense expectations. Growth targets are ambitious, and there’s little room for missteps. Too often, though, training is treated as a formality rather than a real opportunity to improve team performance. With the right focus, sales training can become a practical tool for building confidence, consistency, and results rather than just another item on a checklist.
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PE Value Drivers #17, Unique Perspective from Thomas Fountain of One Rock Capital Partners
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PE Value Drivers #16, Unique Perspective from Vikram Agrawal, Co-Founder & CEO of American Resilience Partners
Nov 15, 2022 10:55:31 AM — Welcome back to PE Value Drivers. In this issue, I am talking to Vikram Agrawal, a mission-driven, operationally-focused investment management professional who believes that everyone deserves an opportunity to be successful, however they define success. Vikram is currently collaborating with Texan businessman and environmentalist, Trammell S. Crow, with a dual mandate focused on leading investments and catalyzing impact in environmental sustainability and resilience. In addition to being CEO of American Resilience Partners, he supports the international non-profit EarthX as the Director of EarthxCapital with a mission to help raise awareness, educate, convene, and catalyze the impact related to sustainability investment and business innovation.