Rewind: Ryan Milligan | Building a Business on Honesty and Transparency

M&A Masters

On this week’s episode of M&A Masters, I’m revisiting my conversation with Ryan Milligan, Partner at ParkerGale. I am rewinding this episode for two reasons. The first is that the ParkerGale Capital podcast, The Private Equity Funcast opened the entire private equity world to me over five years ago.

The second reason is in our conversation. Ryan and I dove deep into how ParkerGale uses a tool to actively measure culture to create improvements and make companies better places to work. As you probably know, culture is the biggest buzzword of the last few years. According to Caroline Castrillon, a contributor to Forbes, 2022 is the year of workplace culture—so this episode is worth another listen.

Ryan says, “Culture is kind of a stew that’s created from a whole list of things… the combination of communication… consistency and then listening to your organization.”

Listen to learn:

• The unique way ParkerGale approaches deals, and how they are using transparency to circumvent surprises
• Which aspects of company culture are the most measurable, maintainable, and ripe for improvement
• How they use reps and warranties as a release valve for seller pressure
• The explosion of software and technology in a post pandemic era
• What the ideal ParkerGale target company looks like
• And more