The Corner Series Episode 109: Equipping PE Partners With Services for Success, With Tim Schulte
Aug 13, 2025
Tim Schulte, head of the Value Creation team at Council Capital, shares valuable insights from the healthcare-focused private equity world. He discusses how their firm empowers portfolio companies with tailored support systems, emphasizing collaboration over control. The conversation touches on strategies for optimizing executive talent and the importance of understanding business relationships. Schulte highlights the challenges of sourcing operational talent and the role of advisory councils in ensuring shared missions drive impactful investments.
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Collaborative Value Creation
- Council Capital emphasizes collaborative, substantive operational support rather than simply exerting board pressure.
- Tim Schulte leads a value-creation team focused on meaningful, hands-on help across portfolio companies.
Prioritize Talent And Functional Balance
- Prioritize people first by investing in talent, training, and development across the organization.
- Balance functional experts in finance and technology with market insight from a CEO council to scale businesses.
Upgrade Infrastructure To Scale
- Early-stage platforms often need scalable infrastructure upgrades rather than fixes to core products.
- Improvements range from ERP and analytics to structured CRM and sales enablement systems.