PE Fires 70% of CEOs. Lee McCabe Gives the Day-1 Playbook to Survive.

Lee argues the traditional PE operating partner model is broken and details his three-step fix.

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Lee McCabe

Principal and Advisor, Transform Labs

Lee McCabe is a former exec at Facebook and Alibaba who now acts as an outsourced operating partner, installing data-driven marketing systems for private equity-backed companies.

Claymore Partners is a digital-first growth advisory firm built for private equity. They help sponsors and their portfolio companies unlock value by embedding seasoned operators and specialists across digital marketing, data, and technology, acting as an extension of the sponsor's team to bring capabilities typically out of reach for lower and middle-market companies.

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