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A consolidation play looks like an easy winner in the private equity world. Roll up a number of companies in the same industry and you've got scale and pricing power, among other good things. There's just one problem -- such plays are really hard to pull off. Due diligence is the key, the more thorough the better. But even then, surprises can lurk and assumptions can prove wrong. For more on this class session, see: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/pe/class-05.cfm #private #equity #privateequity #duediligence ----- Founded in 1881 as the world’s first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 18,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education’s individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 99,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. Learn more about Wharton: https://www.wharton.upenn.edu/ Subscribe to the Wharton YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thewhartonschool/?sub_confirmation=1

Beyond the hype, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics offer huge opportunities to today's utilities. GE technology expert Matt Schnugg explores how AI and analytics can break down data silos and deliver network level optimization and a self-healing grid. Companies just need to remember that AI and analytics are a journey. #GEPower #PoweringForward Subscribe for More: https://bit.ly/2N82PfY Work for GE: https://invent.ge/2F0yg76 GE Power Social Accounts: Visit GE Power: https://invent.ge/2Blgkr1 Find GE Power on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/2L34UaT Follow GE Power on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2MVIVoh Like GE Power on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2OMQcaz Follow GE Power on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2MuWG0c About GE Power: GE Power is a world energy leader providing equipment, solutions and services across the energy value chain from generation to consumption. Operating in more than 180 countries, our technology produces a third of the world’s electricity, equips 90 percent of power transmission utilities worldwide, and our software manages more than forty percent of the world’s energy. For more information please visit www.ge.com/power, and follow GE Power on Twitter and on LinkedIn. https://www.youtube.com/c/GEPower

Tom Sloan, who is serving his ninth term in the Kansas House of Representatives and is a member of the Energy & Utilities, Local Government, and Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Committees, talks about what utilities need to be thinking about when it comes to the changing energy marketplace and policy considerations that must be taken into account with transactive energy. Find out more in the Grid Insights Energy blog at http://intel.ly/1Ebevli. Subscribe now to Intel Business on YouTube: https://intel.ly/43XZh6J About Intel Business: Get all the IT info you need, right here. From data centers to devices, the Intel® Business Center has the resources, guidance, and expert insights you need to get your IT projects done right. Connect with Intel Business: Visit Intel Business's WEBSITE: http://intel.ly/itcenter Follow Intel Business on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/IntelBusiness Follow Intel Business on LINKEDIN: https://linkedin.com/showcase/intel-business Follow Intel Business on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/IntelBusiness How Utilities Need to Adapt to Change | Intel Business https://www.youtube.com/intelbusiness

There are a lot of questions about why Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have value and what their real-world applications are (and rightfully so!). NFTs are going to have tons of real-world applications for almost every industry. Real-estate, restaurants, movies, music, books, sports, really anything can implement NFTs and blockchain technology into their business and bring value to their audience. In this video, I break down a couple of the different ways these different industries can leverage NFTs and turn them into not just a nice piece of art, but also an actual real-world utility. If you like the video, be sure to subscribe to the channel for more content like this every week... Enjoy! — Thanks for watching! Check out another series on my channel: Tea With GaryVee (Fan Q&A Series): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FBahSYlSAjOMGsuRPLMWWEO Overrated Underrated (Hot-takes on Culture): https://youtu.be/TUSNSqA62uI Gary Vaynerchuk Original Films: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FAvnrOcgy4MvIcCXxoyjuku Trash Talk: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FDelN4bXFgtJuczC9HHmm2- WeeklyVee: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FBPjdQcF6uedz9fdk8XKn-b — Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the world’s leading marketing experts, a New York Times bestselling author, and the chairman of VaynerX, a modern day communications company and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a contemporary global creative and media agency built to drive business outcomes for their partners. He is a highly popular public speaker, and a prolific investor with investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Coinbase, Slack, and Uber. Gary is a board/advisory member of Bojangles’ Restaurants, MikMak, Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water. He’s also an avid sports card investor and collector. He lives in New York City.

If you live in a state with regulated utilities, you get an electric bill every month from your utility that tells you how much electricity you used and how much it cost. If you’re like most Americans, you simply accept the bill as an unchanging part of your monthly expenses and either have it paid automatically or quickly write a check. The only time you really think twice is if the bill is unusually high, but even then consumers rationalize it as a really hot month that needed a lot of air conditioning or the brand new big screen TV you just installed. But have you ever taken the time to think about exactly where that electric bill comes from? Who decides how much a unit of energy costs? How do you know your utility is doing everything they can to keep costs down and service high? What if another company could provide your electricity more cheaply? Regulated utilities act as monopolies, meaning that they can operate without competition as long as they follow rules designed to protect consumers. States with regulated utilities have a Public Utilities Commission (PUC), typically 3-5 energy experts who make and enforce the utility rules. The most important of the rules that they make, and the one that determines how much electricity costs, is called the Rate Tariff.