The Brydon Group is a private equity firm that combines the best of private equity and small business acquisitions through Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA). Brydon partners with a group of six to eight CEOs-in-Residence (CIRs) each year to source, acquire and operate small businesses.
Our Partners have 20+ years of experience in large cap private equity (Blackstone, Carlyle), multiple successful exits in software, and extensive public service backgrounds. We are passionate about helping our MBA fellows learn more about private equity and develop their abilities as both investors and operators.
This unique fellowship is perfect for an MBA student with prior consulting experience who is interested in gaining exposure to Private Equity operations and value creation.
As an MBA fellow, you'll work closely with our portfolio operations team and the CEOs of our portfolio companies to refine, analyze, and implement strategic initiatives post-acquisition and have the opportunity to tackle a value creation sprint in a particular area (e.g. growth strategy, pricing, product, etc.).
Requirements
- Current MBA student (1st and 2nd year students enrolled in full time programs)
- Prior consulting experience (minimum of 2 consecutive years) - ideal for MBB (or equivalent) alumni who are curious about PE
- Passion for / interest in private equity and small business
- Strong communication skills with ability to quicky synthesize information and visualize strategy (e.g. highly proficient with using PowerPoint, Excel, narrative long-form in Word, etc.)
- Experience or interest in one of our core Brydon industry areas: B2B, B2Gov, & healthcare software and services
Benefits
What You Get:
- Exciting opportunity to put your consulting skills to work in an environment with a lot of autonomy and direct impact for a Brydon portfolio company
- Experience Private Equity while gaining exposure to the operations and value creation strategy of a small business
- Chance to explore and understand the best practices of private equity, portfolio operations, value creation in B2B, B2Gov, healthcare SaaS and services (to prepare for a future career in PE or PE operations)
- Our founders have built deep expertise, informed by career journeys in large cap PE, investment banking and management consulting (across a combination of exceptional companies) and are always happy to share their experiences
- Paid opportunity, $25/hour (10-15 hours a week)
- Dates: mid-Jan to end-May (with flexibility on dates based on semester / school schedule)
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
