Bill Canady explains how generative AI is already speeding up Excel and PowerPoint work, making slides look cleaner than manually-crafted designs. He then walks through which KPIs and metrics a private-equity analyst should examine on day one to assess a target company's health.
I think that's true. We see it, you know, today it's prevalent. It comes right with your packages and you use it to help build an Excel sheet faster or PowerPoint. It's really good at it, by the way. And I can always tell because the slides are prettier when versus the squares and circles that we would normally put up there. You know, so when you come in, it's day one for you. The PE firm has hired you to look at this company or the company's hired you. What are the metrics you're looking at to go, okay, they're in pretty good shape and this is where we should be looking at? What are the key, the KPIs that you, A, know they're well, or maybe B, they're not so well? What do you focus on?
