Bain & Company

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 22, 2015 by Rob Moffat · said 60 times in 29 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jun 22, 2015
Disclosure
VCs in 2009 sought candidates with Bain consulting and tech backgrounds
“Yeah, so I was lucky enough that in 2009 I sort of started looking elsewhere and for some reason that combination of Bain, so the consulting plus a big internet company was a profile that a few VCs were looking for.”
Rob Moffat Jun 22, 2015 ▶ 3:51 20 VC 047: 4 Ways Investors Find Great Startups with Rob Moffat, Principal @ Balderton Capital
Dec 4, 2015 positive
Assertion Supported
Glenn: Bain study shows customer-owners spend more and have higher loyalty
“There was a study done a while back by Bain that shows customers who are owners of the business spend more, they refer more, they talk about the business more, and they're more loyal.”
Erin Glenn Dec 4, 2015 ▶ 15:58 20 VC FF 025: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media and Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing with Erin Glenn, CEO @ Betaworks' backed, Quire
Feb 11, 2023 positive
Insight
Bain Capital's Edge Was Applying Management Consulting to Asset Ownership
“Well, I think the first element was the idea of taking the consulting skills developed at Bain & Company and applying that to actually, actually owning the businesses.”
Steve Pagliuca Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 25:02 Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca: What Went Wrong with the Chelsea FC Acquisition | 20VC #976 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 11, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bain & Company Offered the Highest-Paying Harvard Summer Job in 1981
“I looked down the list, and the highest paying job was Bain & Company.”
Steve Pagliuca Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 5:02 Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca: What Went Wrong with the Chelsea FC Acquisition | 20VC #976 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 11, 2023
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Most Private Equity Firms Outsource Operational Analysis to External Consultants
“In fact, most of the industry is adopting that now. They hire Bain and Company McKinsey to do what we do internally at Bain Capital.”
Steve Pagliuca Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 25:34 Celtics Owner Steve Pagliuca: What Went Wrong with the Chelsea FC Acquisition | 20VC #976 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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