Astra Capital Management, every mention

Innovation in Private Markets 2: Mark Johnson – New Leaders in Private Equity at Astra (Capital Allocators, EP.193) May 6, 2021 · 24 mentions

• ▶ 2:31 Ted Seides My guest on today's show is Mark Johnson, the managing partner of Astra Capital Management, a mid-market growth buyout firm specializing in the communications and technology services sectors. 5 times in the scene
• ▶ 10:47 Mark Johnson No matter if I was flying to Tokyo to work on a mega buyout, or if I was restarting the equation at Astra on our first deal, but treat everything like you're curating something very special.
• ▶ 15:45 Mark Johnson I often say to Nia or the team within Astra that the world didn't wake up needing another new private equity firm yesterday. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 18:10 Mark Johnson And that's really the thesis behind all that we do at Astrid, building partnership. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 20:22 Ted Seides How did you think about the value proposition specifically for Astra in a competitive landscape of however many hundreds or thousands of private equity firms? 6 times in the scene
• ▶ 35:53 Mark Johnson And I have a tendency, and it doesn't lend itself to the podcast medium, to A, use a lot of whiteboards, and B, to often draw what we call within Astros the swoosh, this logarithmic curve that talks about process improvement that… 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 42:50 Mark Johnson Where it can be an active part of a fund strategy, and it is an active part of our strategy at Astra.
• ▶ 46:31 Ted Seides What's been your biggest challenge thus far in growing out Astra? 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 50:40 Mark Johnson And while I think that determination served me well, and I, I'm appreciative of it, Asher was my first sort of step into the unknown.