LeaderbookAI

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LeaderbookAI is where leadership meets AI execution. Join Felicia Shakiba for candid conversations with CEOs, executives, investors, and operators making high-stakes decisions in real time. From enduring leadership principles and decision frameworks to practical AI strategies that drive measurable results, this podcast delivers the clarity leaders need to move faster — and create real value.

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Episodes (109)

Yesterday Why Frazier & Deeter Walked Away From Lucrative Deals
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May 5, 2026
30 minutes
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Private equity CEO Jeremy Jones uses cultural alignment — not financials — as the first filter in every acquisition. The result: Frazier & Deeter has grown from 530 to 850 people in seven months through three deals, with a fourth closing next week. Jones walks through the three-year decision process behind the firm's partnership with General Atlantic, why his CPO sat in all 25 to 30 PE meetings and called HR counterparts at existing portfolio companies, and what the first 24 hours post-acquisition actually looks like for employees who found out the night before. He also addresses the hardest question in people-first PE strategy: is cult...

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Why Frazier & Deeter Walked Away From Lucrative Deals

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