Experts from Grant Thornton, Baird Capital and Ridgemont Equity Partners share their stories about when private equity deals don’t pan out.

Pieter Kodde of private equity firm Lincolnshire Management explores tactics for facing down competition from overseas investors and the opportunities he sees in the food and beverage sector.

For the past year-and-a-half, John Ruffolo, CEO of OMERS Ventures has run a program that directly invests the pension fund’s capital in early and growth-stage situations.

What is the state of today’s venture capital business?

OpenGate Capital’s Joshua Adams discusses the firm’s recent successes in deal flow and helping corporate orphans stand on their own.

Told by Joshua Adams of OpenGate Capital.

Birch Hill’s 2010 acquisition of Canadian specialty toy retailer Mastermind Toys included a plan to greatly increase revenue.

What is it like to transition from a national buyout firm to a regionally focused investment firm? Jason Duzan details how Glencoe Capital changed its business model to focus on investing in Michigan-based companies.

Mexico’s increasingly vibrant IPO market spells new exit opportunities for private equity firms.

The fourth and final installment of Privcap’s series on The New U.S. Manufacturing Opportunity.

Rick Bailine, McGladrey’s National Tax Leader, on what the private equity industry can do to prepare for potential changes to the way partnerships are taxed.

Kevin Conway of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on doing deals throughout the recession and what portfolio data says about the direction of the economy.

David Hellier tells Privcap how applying the “Bertram High Five” has allowed Bertram Capital to put its 10 platform companies on the path to exceptional growth.

A Privcap conversation with Erik Falk of KKR.

Scott Budoff of Saw Mill Capital describes why deals in lower-middle market PE have slowed, and why tech is driving the resurgence of domestic manufacturing.

Michael Rogers, Global Deputy Sector Leader at EY, on what drove the momentum for private equity IPO exits in the first quarter of 2013.

Why are sellers selling in the revitalized U.S. manufacturing sector?

Steve Menaker, Partner at McGladrey, on the role of the the firm’s transaction advisory group as a client engagement grows and evolves.