Explained through a high-stakes investment in a growing business.
By Lamoy Patterson
Not just money. Control, growth, and an exit.
Private equity has a reputation for being the most closed-off corner of business finance. This book opens it up — through one high-stakes investment in a growing business, followed from the first conversation to the day the money comes back out.
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Not just money. Control, growth, and an exit.
The whole shape of the thing — the capital, the control, the growth, and the exit — carried by one investment in one growing business.
Explained through a high-stakes investment in a growing business — the story carries the concept, not a glossary.
Private equity is capital plus control. What that means for the people who run the business every day.
Who decides, who signs, and how a stake in a company turns into a say in how it is run.
Why a growing business attracts this kind of capital — and what the money is expected to do once it arrives.
Every private equity investment is built toward a finish line. What an exit is, and why it shapes every decision before it.
No prior finance background assumed. If the term has always sounded like somebody else’s world, this book opens the door.
Understand the deal before you are ever in the room.
You do not need a finance background, a portfolio, or a seat at the table. You need the beginning of the story — and this book starts there.
You have heard "private equity" in the news and in business conversations, and you want to actually understand what it means before you form an opinion about it.
You run something that is growing, and you want to understand what an investor with capital and control would be looking at when they look at you.
You want the shape of the whole thing first — the deal, the stake, the control, the exit — before you go deeper into any one piece of it.
By Lamoy Patterson
Not just money. Control, growth, and an exit. Two editions — pick your format and check out securely.
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Shipping: $10 flat within the USA, $15 international. Delivery: 7 to 10 days in the USA, 15 to 20 days international.
This book is educational in nature and is not legal, tax, or financial advice. Private equity investing involves risk, and nothing in this book is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Consult qualified professionals before making investment decisions. Digital products are non-refundable once delivered — if you have trouble with your download, contact us and we will make it right.
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