

Private Equity Podcast: Karma School of Business
BluWave
Private equity insights for and with top business builders, including investors, operators, executives and industry thought leaders. The Karma School of Business Podcast goes behind the scenes of PE, talking about business best practices and real-time industry trends. You'll learn from leading professionals and visionary business executives who will help you take action and enhance your life, whether you’re at a PE firm, a portco or a private or public company.
BluWave Founder & CEO Sean Mooney hosts the Private Equity Karma School of Business Podcast. BluWave is the business builders’ network for private equity grade due diligence and value creation needs.
To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3oPBjs8
BluWave Founder & CEO Sean Mooney hosts the Private Equity Karma School of Business Podcast. BluWave is the business builders’ network for private equity grade due diligence and value creation needs.
To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3oPBjs8
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Oct 13, 2022 • 51min
Brian Bank, Kirkland & Ellis | What LPs are looking for and trends every GP should know
Brian Bank, Strategy and Client Relations, Investment Funds at Kirkland & Ellis, joins host Sean mooney to discuss what LPs are looking for, investment trends and other things every GP should know. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3CfZxmZ

Sep 20, 2022 • 14min
How to Hire a Private Equity-Grade CFO
In this episode, BluWave Founder and CEO, Sean Mooney, describes the importance of a great CFO for both PE-backed companies and independent companies alike. Hear the benefits that a PE-grade CFO can have on your organization.

Aug 22, 2022 • 42min
Doug McCormick, HCI Equity Partners | Scale leadership along with your business and company culture
Host Sean Mooney sits down with HCI Equity Partners Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Doug McCormick, to discuss building world-class teams, how to scale your leadership along with your business and company culture, how HCI Equity Partners helps entrepreneurs realize their vision, and more. At the end of the day, good values and work ethic win. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3CfZxmZ

Aug 19, 2022 • 12min
The BluWave Story
In this episode, host Sean Mooney talks about how he gave up his private-equity career in New York to build BluWave down south. Growing up in a large, entrepreneurial family in Texas, Sean followed an unquestioned path that led him to study in D.C, then to investment banking in New York, and finally to a nearly 20-year career in private equity. Learn why he left that all behind to move to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016 to solve the problems that business builders face on a daily basis. Sean shares personal insight into how he managed the highest highs and lowest lows in the early days, and why it wasn’t a straight path to Rome. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3QTBT3X

Aug 19, 2022 • 4min
What Is the Karma School of Business?
Host Sean Mooney shares what the Karma School of Business means and how he developed this philosophy over the years. He learned that if you make life simple, it becomes simpler. Sean explains why and how this approach yields the highest percentage chance of long-term success in his experience. Whether you're in private equity, or a company that's PE-owned, private or public, this is for you. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3AwuFgV

Aug 2, 2022 • 2min
Welcome to BluWave’s Karma School of Business
Welcome to BluWave’s Karma School of Business, hosted by Sean Mooney, the Founder & CEO of BluWave, an intelligent B2B marketplace serving the world’s top business builders. As you listen, you’ll learn insights and best practices from leading and influential private equity professionals, visionary business executives, and one-of-a-kind industry thought leaders who will help you take meaningful action, improve your business, and enhance your life. To learn more, visit: https://bit.ly/3oPBjs8