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We record the proceedings of many of our MasterClass events, and make the recordings available for purchase on CDs* -- complete with all MasterClass handouts.

These packages enable you to:

• gain key insight from the experts
• stay current on critical topics
• learn at your convenience
• find out what really matters without sifting through what doesn't
• acquire hard-to-obtain information from those who really know
• share it with colleagues

* Please note that the default type of recording is compact disc. If you prefer cassettes, please make a note in the comments box on your order.

Our Most Popular Programs

Fundraising for Private Equity Firms - Tough Times Demand Fresh Tactics
September 25, 2008, New York, NY
Steven N. Costabile
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Private Equity Summer PowWow
July 22, 2008 to
July 24, 2008, New York, NY
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Summer MasterForum & Cocktail Reception - The Big Picture -- What's the Fate of Leveraged Deals?
July 16, 2008, New York, NY
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Private Equity Investing in Retail & Consumer Deals - How The Downturn May Create Exciting New Opportunities
July 10, 2008, New York, NY
Henry Nasella
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Adding Value to P.E. Portfolio Companies - Strategies for Improving Their Operations & Returns
June 25, 2008, New York, NY
Jon Weber
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MasterCast - Creating A China Strategy to Add Value to Your Portfolio Companies
June 19, 2008, New York, NY
John Liu
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Private Equity Investing in Food and Beverage Companies - How You Can Outperform Competitors Despite Rising Costs & Slumping Economy
June 18, 2008, New York, NY
Mo Stout
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Investing in Family-Owned Companies - How to Turn Landmines into Gold Mines
May 15, 2008, New York, New York
Ross Posner
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Smaller Middle-Market Deals - The Bonanza in Today's Turbulent Economy
May 14, 2008, New York, New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
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Spring MasterForum & Cocktail Reception - Five Private Equity Sages Discuss Where There Are Silver Linings in Recessionary Clouds
May 07, 2008, New York, NY
T. Shattan
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P.E. Investing in Distressed Companies - How to Pick Out the Slightly Bruised Apples From the Truly Rotten Ones
April 24, 2008, New York, NY
Stephen Presser
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Energy-Sector Services & Products - How Middle Market Private Equity Is Riding An Unexpected Expansion
April 23, 2008, New York, NY
Tom Janes
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Nuts & Bolts of Running a P.E or V.C Shop - In Today's Demanding Environment
March 27, 2008, New York, NY
Mark Epstein
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Mezzanine Finance - Why P. E. Firms Are All of a Sudden Cozying up Again with Middle-Market Mezz Funds
March 13, 2008, San Francisco, CA
Ronald A. Kahn & G. Thomas Stromberg, Jr.
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Fundraising for P.E. & V.C. Firms - Why Prospects Look Bright in 2008
February 28, 2008, New York, NY
Thomas Rest
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The Art of Building the Right Deal Flow - How Middle-Market P. E. Firms Can Boost Their Origination Efforts
February 27, 2008, New York, NY
Rob Long
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How More & More Fundless Equity Sponsors -- & Investors - - Are Staking Claims in P.E.'s New Frontier
February 07, 2008, New York, NY
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Traditional Media Companies - New Opportunities for P.E. Investors In a Rapidly Evolving Industry
January 30, 2008, New York, NY
Matthew Gormly
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P.E. Investing in Middle-Market Restaurant Companies - Sponsors Show Renewed Appetites As Valuations Come Back to Earth
January 23, 2008, New York, NY
Joel Holsinger
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Due Diligence MasterClass - 25 Seasoned Experts Reveal Ways To Improve The Odds
October 30, 2007, New York City
Howard Morgan
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Private Equity Investing in Middle-Market Medical Device Companies - How You Can Benefit From the Consolidation Binge
October 18, 2007, New York City
Zubeen Schroff
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Private Equity Investing in Healthcare Services Companies - Which Sectors Are Getting Investors' Attention, Which Are Not?
October 17, 2007
Michael Aspinwall
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Financial Services Companies - Fresh Source of Dynamic Opportunities for Middle-Market P.E. Investors
September 25, 2007, New York City
Mitchell L. Hollin
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Fundless Equity Sponsors MasterClass - How a New Breed of Investors -- & The Funds That Back Them -- Are Expanding Their Share of the P.E. Market
September 19, 2007, New York City
Michael Alcamo
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The Art of Investing In Family-Owned Companies - How to Successfully Win Their Hearts, Minds & Shares
July 19, 2007, New York City
Ross Posner
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Investing in Consumer & Retail Deals - Why Smart P.E. Is Jumping In
June 07, 2007, New York City
David Yarnell
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Fundraising for PE & VC Firms - Winning Strategies for Experienced & Emerging Managers
May 17, 2007, New York City
David Turner
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Fundless Equity Sponsors - How You Can Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Private-Equity Fund
April 25, 2007
Bruce Luehrs
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The Art of the Smaller Deal - How Smaller Middle-Market P.E. Funds Can Outperform the Great Big Ones
March 15, 2007, New York City
Bob Fitzsimmons
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MasterClass on Buyouts in the Media Industry - Middle-Market Heat Beneath the Mega-Market Hype
January 17, 2007, New York City
George Cole
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MasterClass on Buying Out & Expanding Medical Device & Product Companies - Where is the Smart P.E. Money Hunting?
November 29, 2006, New York City
Jon Lemelmen
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MasterClass on Second Lien Borrowing - How You Can Find the Most Attractive Second-Lien Deals in 2007?? What New Twists are Hedge Funds Offering to Make Their Deals More Competitive?? How Do You Compare Terms on Second-Lien Deals??
November 09, 2006, New York City
Adam Blumenthal
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MasterClass on Going Public Without an IPO - New Alternatives for Tapping the Public Capital Markets
October 31, 2006, New York City
George Bickerstaff
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MasterClass on "Fundless" Equity Sponsors - How You Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Fund
October 12, 2006, New York City
Denny Ogden
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MasterClass on Fundraising for PE & VC Firms - Winning Strategies For Follow-on & Start-up Funds
September 28, 2006, New York City
David Turner
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Fourth Annual MasterClass--Mezzanine Finance on the Rebound?? - What That Means for Middle-Market Deal Sponsors Who Use Second-Lien Loans, Sub-Debt, & Preferred Stock
September 20, 2006, New York City
Ron Kahn/Clem Wood
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First Annual MasterClass on Strategic Deals in India - Opportunities For U.S. Private-Equity Firms
July 27, 2006, New York City
Alex Bangash
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First Annual MasterClass on P.E. Investing in Healthcare Deals - Are We At the Top of the Cycle? Where Should Smart P.E. Money Head?
July 20, 2006, New York City
Sean Traynor
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Second Annual MasterClass on Pricing, Valuation, & Due Diligence - The Art & Science of Negotiating Private Equity Deals
June 07, 2006, New York City
Jesse Reyes
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MasterClass on Tech Industry Buyouts -- Getting in on the Boom - Private equity firms doubled the amount invested in tech deals last year. The number of deals grew two-thirds. What changed? Who are the players? Where are the best opportunities? Where are the exits?
May 23, 2006, New York City
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Third Annual MasterClass on Fundraising for PE & VC Firms - Strategies for Follow-on & Start-up Funds
May 18, 2006, New York City
John Crocker
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MasterClass on Restaurant Industry Buyouts -- What You Can Learn From Experienced Investors - Buying restaurants & restaurant chains is a profitable niche that's attracted huge interest lately. What do successful investors look for? Where have they found the best opportunities? What mistakes are they avoiding?
April 20, 2006, New York City
Adam Burgoon, Apax Partners Inc.
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MasterClass on Activist Investing -- How to Pick Targets & Strategies to Reap Big Rewards - Activists buy minority stakes in public companies, then demand changes from management. What are the practical aspects of how they operate? What different strategies do they use? What are the pros & cons? How can you benefit?
April 06, 2006, New York City
Chaired By: Eric S. Rosenfeld, President, Crescendo Partners LP
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MasterClass on "Fundless" Equity Sponsors -- How You Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Fund
March 30, 2006, New York City
Venita E. Fields, Senior Managing Director, Smith Whiley & Co.
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MasterClass on Second-Lien Borrowing -- Q2/06 Update -- How You Cut Deals in a Cooling-Down Market - This market has transformed. It has become institutionalized. Now most sponsors treat it as a permanent part of the financial landscape. How does that change your dealmaking decisions in 2006? Where do you go for the best terms?
March 16, 2006, New York City
Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Partnership Equity
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Second Annual MasterClass on Smaller Middle-Market Buyouts -- How You Can Outperform Your Competition - This end of the market is red hot, competition is intense, multiples are on the rise. So where are funds finding attractively-priced deals? How are they still giving their LPs great returns?
March 02, 2006, NewYork City
Chaired By: Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Managing Partner, The Riverside Company
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MasterClass on Food & Beverage Buyouts - What Successful Investors Are Doing Right, and Where the Best Opportunites Are
January 26, 2006, New York City
Chaired By: David W. Frost, Managing Partner, Frost & Partners
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Non-Traditional Exit Strategies - Newest Trends in PIPEs, SPACs, Reverse Mergers, & Rollups
November 30, 2005, New York City
Chaired By: Daniel L. Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Ventures LP,
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Second Lien Lending Update - Dynamic changes are afoot in the second lien market -- Learn how to get the best deal & to bulletproof the terms you negotiate
October 19, 2005, Yale Club, New York City
Chaired By: Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Partnership Equity
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Third Annual Mezzanine Finance MasterClass - Learn the latest trends, strategies, & deals in mezzanine finance, as well as best practices in structuring transactions
September 28, 2005, University Club, New York City
Chaired By: Ronald A. Kahn, Managing Director, Lincoln International & Clement B. Wood, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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Private Equity Valuations - What GPs & LPs Need To Know To Survive Today's New World Of Scrutiny
June 22, 2005, New York City
Chaired by: Jesse E. Reyes, Managing Director, Reyes AnalyticsCo. Inc.
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Fundraising for Private Equity Firms - Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
May 05, 2005
Chaired By: John Crocker, Managing Director--Private Fund Group, Citigroup Inc.
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Fundraising for Hedge Fund Managers - Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds
March 10, 2005, New York City
Chaired by: Nicole Kubin, Partner, Velvet Asset Management
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Third Annual SBICs MasterClass - The New Realities... Operating Your SBIC in Today's Environment
November 17, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Michael B. Staebler, Dean of SBIC Law, & Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
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Third Annual How to Find a Company to Buy - And Close the Deal on Your Terms
November 10, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Andrew J. Sherman, author, Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z: Strategic & Practical Guidance for Small & Middle-Market Buyers & Sellers
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Second Annual Reverse Mergers Summit - 18 Leading Experts Offer Insights into Best Practices for Doing Reverse Mergers
October 20, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: David N. Feldman, Managing Partner, Feldman Weinstein LLP
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Newest Trends in PIPEs
July 13, 2004, New York City
Chaired by: Andrew Arno, Head of Capital Markets, C. E. Unterberg Towbin; & J. Mitchell Hull, Managing Director, Hull Capital Corp. LLC
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Other Programs

You can find more information on our other past programs on our Past MasterClasses page.