Ishbia: Use silent pressure to motivate highly competitive executives
Justin Ishbia · Justin Ishbia: The Three Traits Required to Succeed in Private Equity | E1119 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Feb 26, 2024 · at 56:39
Justin Ishbia is the Founder and Managing Partner of Shore Capital Partners, a microcap private equity firm managing over $6 billion in AUM. He discusses tactical approaches to managing high-performing executives and egos.
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“Some people get motivated by silent pressure. Simple things like just take an article And post it in their office that says, no, the best deal done last year in their industry was done by another firm. Just stick it on the wall, put a little pin in it, tape on someone's computer. They walk in, they're like, that's bullshit. My deal is better than that. And they move by that.”
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