ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Paul Stansik is a General Partner at ParkerGale Capital, a small, Chicago-based private equity fund that invests in founder-owned B2B technology businesses. Paul runs ParkerGale’s Growth practice, and spends most of his time at work helping ParkerGale’s portfolio companies build high-performing sales, marketing, and executive teams. 

Paul publishes his writing on Substack and LinkedIn, and also contributes regularly to the Private Equity Funcast, ParkerGale’s in-house podcast which focuses on all things PE and business-building. Prior to ParkerGale, Paul worked at Bain & Co., where he led consulting engagements across multiple industries and launched Bain’s Leadership practice. Before Bain, he held a variety of sales and operational positions in the financial and retail world. Paul studied business and played lacrosse at Bucknell University, and earned his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Chicago with his wife Annie and their mutt-puppies Maxwell and Arlo. 

And if you enjoyed this piece of writing, he’d love to hear about it - you can email him at paul@parkergale.com.