Private Equity Podcast: Karma School of Business

Private Equity Spotlight: Lessons in Leadership and Growth with Casey Myers

Jan 8, 2025

In this engaging discussion, Casey Myers, a partner at Edison Partners, shares his extensive experience in private equity focusing on leadership and sustainable growth. He highlights how his collaboration with 52 firms shaped his view on operational value creation. Casey emphasizes the importance of strong leadership character and addressing technology debt for company success. He advocates for a people-first approach to build high-performing teams and reveals his advice to embrace diverse experiences for personal and professional growth.

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Casey Myers emphasizes the significance of leadership character in founder-led organizations for fostering positive culture and talent retention.

Edison Partners adopts a people-first approach to enhance leadership development and create sustainable growth in portfolio companies.

Deep dives

The Operator's Shift to Private Equity

Casey Myers shares his transition from a 24-year operational career to a role in private equity, emphasizing that his experience as an operator provides valuable insights into investment decisions. He highlights his exit process that began just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an event that challenged many operators due to its unpredictability in capital allocation and valuations. The countless meetings with private equity firms revealed a common shortfall: many lacked genuine operational support, focusing only on capital without understanding the nuances of building businesses. This realization drove him to join Edison Partners, aiming to improve the operator support in private equity and contribute to a more holistic approach to value creation.

Intro

2min

Navigating Private Equity: Insights and Reflections

6min

Traits of Successful Companies: Insights from Leadership and Investment Perspectives

4min

Navigating Tech Debt: Strategies for Scalability and Growth

4min

Embracing Change and Assessing Character in Leadership

3min

Navigating Growth Through Real Challenges

20min

Embracing Open Experiences for Personal and Professional Growth

2min

In this episode, Sean Mooney speaks with Casey Myers, partner at Edison Partners, about leadership, value creation, and growing businesses in the lower middle market. Casey shares his unique operator-driven perspective on driving sustainable growth, evaluating leadership, and solving pain points for customers. Episode Highlights:

2:37 - Casey shares how his experience with 52 private equity firms during an exit process inspired his focus on operational value creation.
8:11 - Casey describes the key foundations of a good company: leadership character, solving customer pain points, and addressing technology debt.
16:11 - Casey explains how Edison Partners uses a people-first approach to support leadership development and build high-performing teams.
23:54 - Casey highlights the importance of aligning priorities and systematically investing in people to create sustainable growth.
32:23 - Casey’s advice to his younger self: embrace a broad range of experiences and lean into opportunities to develop versatile skills.

For more information on Edison Partners, go to https://www.edisonpartners.com/

For more information on Casey Myers, go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-atl

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