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Two Tweets & A Blog

Deming Institute

conjures up the works of W. What follows is taken from a couple pages of my book, Sys-Tao – Western Logic and Eastern Flow. It’s about the relationships that make up our world more so than the stuff that is in our world. million in a Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) to buy an Oklahoma based Coca-Cola bottling company.

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When Talent Started Driving Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

In 1976, the famous LBO firm KKR was formed and starting charging its clients 2% of assets under management and 20% of the upside they created for their clients, opening the door to massive wealth accumulation for high-flying fund management talent. In 1977, the movie Star Wars was released, with sequels following in 1980 and 1983.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

This phase was loosely called leverage buy out (LBO) from about 1979 to 1990 and included over 2,000 LBOs. In phase two (buy and hold), PE equity investors bought the fixer upper and repaired it, but then rented it and ended up loosely managing the house before selling it.

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