About Us

Most content written on debt financing is garbage.

Based on textbook theory repackaged as wisdom. Big law firms and advisors "thought leadership" - five pages of fluffy debt commentary dressed up as insight, written by a junior associate to keep the firm's name in front of potential clients. "How to break into…" guides written by people who never closed a deal or never had to explain to their IC why the bank won't move; Big 4 advisors, consultants, LinkedIn gurus etc.

Finding good resources on how to play the debt playbook is nearly impossible. I know because I've been there.

10+ years of hands on experience, worked in investment banking, lending and most recently in capital markets of a mid-market private equity.

And yet, for most of my career, I had to figure things out the hard way.

Everything started as a private note to a friend sitting on the other side of the table, explaining the nuances of specific debt terms and how to negotiate them.

Later, at a closing dinner of another transaction, and after a few bottles of wine, it dawned on me that the "friendly note" had taken on a life of its own. Dressed up as personal insight, people were forwarding it to their deal teams, using it to educate colleagues and their portfolio companies.

So I built a "closed-room" around it in a form easy to pass on, with a name attached to it. That became Beyond Multiples.

I won't pretend this is charity. I have a point of view, and I think most of what passes for financing commentary is embarrassingly shallow. So I write to fill the gap - for PE Investors and leadership teams that have to do the actual work, where theory ends and consequences begin.

No billable hours hiding behind a byline. Just what's true, as best as I can tell.

And it's exciting times…

AI is going to rewrite many parts of the debt playbook. But that playbook will be rewritten by those who KNOW the job.

Disagree with something? Good. Tell me where I am wrong!