Even benevolent private equity forces companies to operate on a 3-5 year time window where the PE owner needs to maximize returns over the period. Inevitably r

Even benevolent private equity forces companies to operate on a 3-5 year time window where the PE owner needs to maximize returns over the period. Inevitably results in lots of conversations along these lines. “Yes that would be good long term but we are not investing in that because it won’t add value before we flip the company”.