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Investors & Operators

The M&A market can be boring, but everyone has a story. The Investors & Operators podcast is about discovering the stories people were holding back, didn’t know how to tell, or forgot about. The goal is simple: fresh, authentic storytelling to bring people together in the M&A community. With over 1M organic views and counting on LinkedIn, 51 Labs is disrupting the M&A market through the use of videography and content creation. In a market that longs for authenticity, 51 Labs helps strengthen your brand and tell your story. From concept to distribution, we strategize and produce thoughtful content to...

Ep. 148: Chris Nikic, First IRONMAN Athlete with Down Syndrome

46 mins; March 19, 2026

Ep. 147: Brian Bank, PE Strategy, IR & BD Executive at Kirkland & Ellis

30 mins; March 05, 2026

Ep. 146: Liz Weindruch, Managing Director at Barings

24 mins; February 12, 2026

Ep. 145: Matt Salisbury, Founder at EVP Strategic Advisors

74 hours 2 mins; January 22, 2026

Ep. 144: Grant Kornman, Partner at Align Collaborate

45 mins; December 19, 2025

Ep. 143: Sean Mooney, Founder & CEO at BluWave

50 mins; December 04, 2025

Ep. 142: John Fruehwirth, Managing Partner at Rotunda Capital Partners

79 hours 9 mins; November 06, 2025

Ep. 141: David Acharya, Managing Partner at Acharya Capital Partners

68 hours 18 mins; October 09, 2025

Ep. 140: Eliot Kerlin, Founder & Managing Partner at Broadwing Capital

46 mins; September 25, 2025

Ep. 139: Chris Sznewajs, Managing Partner & Founder at Pacific Avenue Capital Partners

61 hours 30 mins; September 11, 2025

Ep. 138: Douglas Song, Managing Partner at Prodos Capital & Dan Lee, Partner at Pin High Strategies

62 hours 48 mins; August 14, 2025

Ep. 137: Maxwell Taylor, Managing Director at Novastone Partners

24 mins; July 24, 2025

Ep. 136: Justin Smith, Managing Director at Agellus Capital

42 mins; July 10, 2025

Ep. 135: John Koeppel, Partner & Private Equity/Independent Sponsor Leader at Lippes Mathias

41 mins; June 19, 2025

Ep. 134: Greg Mayer, Partner & Head of Portfolio Operations at Argosy Healthcare Partners

47 mins; April 10, 2025

Ep. 133: Denise Logan, Best-Selling Author of “The Seller's Journey”

64 hours 31 mins; March 27, 2025

Ep. 132: Vern Davenport, Partner at QHP Capital & Michael Curry, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO at Lullwater & Co., Part 2

30 mins; March 13, 2025

Ep. 131: Vern Davenport, Partner at QHP Capital & Michael Curry, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO at Lullwater & Co.

73 hours 13 mins; March 06, 2025

Ep. 130: Kevin Stark, Former Navy SEAL & Marc Cabrera, Former Investment Banker

94 hours 52 mins; February 20, 2025

Ep. 129: Paul W. Swaney III, Managing Partner at Swaney Group

39 mins; February 13, 2025

Ep. 128: Sal Naro, CIO & Senior Managing Director, Coherence Credit Strategies at Tiptree Advisors

47 mins; February 06, 2025

Ep. 127: Jared Greer, Director of Portfolio Company Operations at QHP Capital

53 mins; January 23, 2025

Ep. 126: Liz Weindruch, Managing Director at Barings

68 hours 9 mins; December 19, 2024

Ep. 125: Ray Tsao, CEO at Probitas Partners

49 mins; December 05, 2024

Ep. 124: Doug Locke, CEO at SSI Strategy

38 mins; November 21, 2024

Ep. 123: Jim Waskovich and Doug Kennealey, Founders and Managing Directors at Princeton Equity Group

20 mins; November 07, 2024

Ep. 122: Michael Kornman, Partner at Align Collaborate

30 mins; October 24, 2024

Ep. 121 Kim Gubera, CEO at PIRTEK

51 mins; September 26, 2024

Ep. 120 Partnering with PE with Tony Zaccario, President & CEO at Stretch Zone

35 mins; June 27, 2024

Ep. 119 Entrepreneurship with Pardis Nasseri, Chairman & CEO, Palm Tree LLC

51 mins; June 20, 2024

Ep. 118 Personal Branding & Sourcing Deals with Marc Cabrera, Co-Head, Healthcare Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

56 mins; June 13, 2024

Ep. 117 Elevating Private Equity with Dan Cremons, Founder at Accelera Partners

46 mins; June 06, 2024

Ep. 116 PE & Franchising with Alicia Miller, Founder & Managing Director at Emergent Growth Advisors

51 mins; May 30, 2024

Ep. 115 Credit Market Updates with Aaron Kless at Andalusian Credit Partners & Joe Weissglass at Configure Partners.

32 mins; May 23, 2024

Ep. 114 Finding Fulfillment with Robin Graham, Managing Director at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc

53 mins; May 16, 2024

Ep. 113 Navigating Fundraising with Chris Keller, Managing Partner at Catalyst Partners

32 mins; May 02, 2024

Ep. 112 Unique Franchising Journeys with Scott Frith, Chairman at Happinest Brands and CEO & Chairman at Lawn Doctor

40 mins; April 18, 2024

Ep. 111 Mastering Fundraising Dynamics with Liz Weindruch, Managing Director at Barings Capital

35 mins; April 11, 2024

Ep. 110 Creating Value Through Management Systems with Matt Jenkins, Partner at QHP Capital

56 mins; April 04, 2024

Ep. 109 Doggy Daycares, PE, & Embracing Sobriety with Taylor Wallace, Owner at Paws ‘n’ Rec

41 mins; March 28, 2024

Ep. 108 Unlocking Stem Cell Potential with Ruby Tsai, CEO and Co-founder at Applied StemCell

42 mins; March 21, 2024

Ep. 107 Cultivating Connections & Capital with Kim Smith, Chief Capital Formation Officer at Andalusian Credit Partners

50 mins; March 14, 2024

Ep. 106 Empowering Entrepreneurs with Chris Antonello, Owner & Operating Partner of Plexus Capital

31 mins; February 29, 2024

Ep. 105 Franchising Forward with Scott Abbott, CEO of Five Star Franchising

64 hours 0 mins; February 15, 2024

Ep. 104 Building Leadership with Jeanne Hecht, CEO & Executive Chairwoman of Lexitas

22 mins; January 25, 2024

Ep. 103 Exploring First-Time Funds with Fred Malloy, Managing Director of Harken Capital

49 mins; January 11, 2024

Ep. 102 Crafting Career Growth & Successful Exits with Caroline Young, CEO & Founder of Craftsbury Consulting

44 mins; December 14, 2023

Ep. 101 Navigating Entrepreneurship with Steve Weiss, Founder of MuteSix

45 mins; November 09, 2023

Ep. 100 Creating PortCo Management Systems: Vern Davenport, Partner at QHP Capital

49 mins; September 07, 2023

Ep. 99 Crossover: Independent Sponsors + Emerging Managers with McGuireWoods

41 mins; August 17, 2023

Ep. 98 Fundraising Success with John Huhn, Managing Partner at Compass Group

48 mins; June 22, 2023

Ep. 97 “Fundraising Tips for Emerging Managers” with Brian Bank, Investment Funds Group, Kirkland & Ellis

37 mins; May 26, 2023

Ep. 96 All Things Independent Sponsors, with Drew Brantley, Managing Director of Frisch Capital Partners

72 hours 24 mins; April 20, 2023

Ep. 95 Russ D'Argento, Founder & CEO of FINTRX

26 mins; February 17, 2023

Ep. 94 Photographer at 13 to Selling 500M Ear Plugs Worldwide to Consumer Product Leader, Doug Pick, Founder & CEO, DAP Ventures

34 mins; February 09, 2023

Ep. 93 Tarrus Richardson, Founder & CEO at IMB Partners - The Road to $1 Billion

21 mins; January 26, 2023

Ep. 92 Heather Madland, Partner & Head of BD at Huron Capital on Finding Comfort in being Uncomfortable

51 mins; December 16, 2022

Ep. 91 Chiara Bell, CEO of Care Heroes on the Home Healthcare Industry

44 mins; August 12, 2022

Ep. 90 Luke Redman, CEO, Hospital Internists of Texas

28 mins; June 17, 2022

Ep. 89 Dana Cavalea, High Performance Executive Coach

7 mins; June 10, 2022

Ep. 88 Flip Interview - Mike Alberts interviews Jordan and Jing

24 mins; June 03, 2022

Ep. 87 Patrick McGinnis, Investor, Author, Speaker

48 mins; May 27, 2022

Ep. 86 Taren Gesell, Founder, MōTTIV, Triathlon Taren

24 mins; May 12, 2022

Ep. 85 Michelle Noon, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Clearhaven Partners

43 mins; May 06, 2022

Ep. 84 Bob Greene, President & CEO, NAIC

10 mins; April 29, 2022

Ep. 83 Racing with cerebral palsy, a conversation with Kyle and Brent Pease, The Kyle Pease Foundation

31 mins; April 15, 2022

Ep. 82 Caroline Young, CEO & Founder, Craftsbury Consulting

14 mins; April 08, 2022

Ep. 81 David Thorpe, CEO & Founder, Upperline Health

43 mins; April 01, 2022

Ep. 80 Patti Melcher, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of EIV Capital

51 mins; March 25, 2022

Ep. 79 Michael Painter, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Plexus Capital

47 mins; March 18, 2022

Ep. 78 Walt Freese, Former Ben & Jerry’s CEO on Leadership and Company Culture

47 mins; March 11, 2022

Ep. 77 Tom Wells, investor in franchisors, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, 10 Point Capital

31 mins; March 04, 2022

Ep. 76 Marc Cabrera, Co-Head, Healthcare Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

32 mins; February 25, 2022

Ep. 75 Kevin Stark, Director of Coaching, Arena Labs

21 mins; February 18, 2022

Ep. 74: From Brain Cancer to IRONMAN. Anything is possible. Jay Hewitt, Pastor

38 mins; February 11, 2022

Ep. 73 Brian Bank, Strategy and Client Development, Investment Funds Group, Kirkland & Ellis

23 mins; February 08, 2022

Ep. 72 Jim Mahoney, Managing Partner, Huron Capital

64 hours 27 mins; February 04, 2022

Ep. 71 David Cibrian, Co-Founder and CEO, ATI Partners

36 mins; January 11, 2022

Ep. 70 David Perez, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Avance Investment Management

51 mins; October 15, 2021

Ep. 69 Mike Alberts, Vice President, Cohere Capital

36 mins; August 27, 2021

Ep. 68 Tracy Chadwell, Founding Partner, 1843 Capital

23 mins; August 06, 2021

Ep. 67 Lauren Mulholland, Founding Partner, MiddleGround Capital

36 mins; July 16, 2021

Ep. 66 Michael Curry, CEO, Apex Physics Partners

60 hours 45 mins; June 25, 2021

Ep. 65 Gretchen Perkins, Partner, Avance Investment Management

34 mins; June 14, 2021

Ep. 64 From Fundless to Funded: the Independent Sponsor Journey (51 Labs Webinar)

56 mins; May 19, 2021

Ep. 63 Sheryl Mejia, Managing Partner, Steward Asset Management

45 mins; May 14, 2021

Ep. 62 Melanie Brensinger, Founder & Managing Partner, Anagenesis Capital Partners

83 hours 46 mins; May 07, 2021

Ep. 61 Tarrus Richardson, Founder & CEO, IMB Partners

50 mins; April 21, 2021

Ep. 60 Barry Uphoff, Founder & Managing Partner, Martis Capital

47 mins; March 19, 2021

Ep. 59 Debbie Ackerman, Founder, Project Sunflower

30 mins; March 12, 2021

Ep. 58 Conscious Capitalism with Sunny Vanderbeck and Edward Crawford

30 mins; March 05, 2021

Ep. 57 Steve Cook, Executive Managing Director, LFM Capital

54 mins; February 24, 2021

Ep. 57 Steve Cook, Executive Managing Director, LFM Capital

22 mins; February 18, 2021

Ep. 56 Part II: It's Time: Women in Private Equity, a 51 Labs Webinar

65 hours 53 mins; February 17, 2021

Ep. 55 Tyler Fair, CEO & Co-Founder, SourceScrub

33 mins; February 11, 2021

Ep. 54 Glenn Oken, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Mangrove Equity Partners

61 hours 57 mins; February 08, 2021

Ep. 53 Suzanne Yoon, Founder & Managing Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners

28 mins; February 01, 2021

Ep. 52 Advice to New BD Professionals, a 51 Labs Webinar

86 hours 41 mins; January 29, 2021

Ep. 51 Ryan Parker, Director of Marketing, Trivest Partners

45 mins; January 21, 2021

Ep. 50 Jay Jester, Partner, Plexus Capital

66 hours 15 mins; January 14, 2021

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