The Corner Series Episode 109: Equipping PE Partners With Services for Success, With Tim Schulte
Aug 13, 2025
Tim Schulte, head of the Value Creation team at Council Capital, shares valuable insights from the healthcare-focused private equity world. He discusses how their firm empowers portfolio companies with tailored support systems, emphasizing collaboration over control. The conversation touches on strategies for optimizing executive talent and the importance of understanding business relationships. Schulte highlights the challenges of sourcing operational talent and the role of advisory councils in ensuring shared missions drive impactful investments.
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Use A Toolkit, Not A Playbook
- Provide a toolkit of flexible resources rather than a one-size playbook dictated from the fund.
- Supplement and enable company teams while leaving them as the architects and drivers of strategy.
Pass Through Costs, Subsidize Talent
- Offer value-creation services at cost and spread across the portfolio to keep fees low for companies.
- Subsidize these capabilities so portfolio firms access high-quality talent for far below market rates.
Frontload Support, Then Scale Back
- Support intensity peaks in year one for infrastructure and governance and typically tapers thereafter.
- Council remains available long-term but paid value-creation resources often wind down before exit.