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E197: West Point to Private Equity Sourcing Role after 10 Years in the Army Apr 22, 2022

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In this episode, Kevin shares his story coming out of West Point. We learn why he was interested in serving in the military, how many tours he did in Afghanistan, why he started his MBA online while serving and how he was able to land a role in private equity on a deal origination team.

E196: Real Estate Private Equity. From Italy to London Apr 22, 2022

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In this episode, member Real_Estate_PE shares his path coming from a top target school in Italy. We learn what he did when he got no responses for his Summer internship applications, how he was able to land an off-cycle internship at a bulge bracket bank, why he ended up in real estate and how he is headed to a megafund soon.

E195: WSO's Finance Research Internship | Weekly Meetup #1 Apr 22, 2022

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In this episode, I'll be chatting with WSO's new finance research intern team and answering specific questions about the internship itself, career planning and more.

If you're interested in applying to this internship you can find a link in the show notes.

LEARN MORE HERE.

E194: Hedge Fund Partner - The Path from The Back Office (Part 2 of 2) Apr 22, 2022

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In Part 2, we pick up from Part 1 and learn how WS is able to make an internal transition at his bulge bracket bank to get even closer to the actual trading, eventually becoming Vice President on the High Yield Credit desk before another sudden turn of events would leave him out of a job for 6 months. Find out how he ended up at an even better Bulge Bracket after a half-year hiatus, but this time in a research capacity and why he left after less than 2 years to finally join a hedge fund putting his ideas to work.

E193: Hedge Fund Partner - The Path from The Back Office (Part 1 of 2) Apr 22, 2022

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In this episode, WS_PWND shares his background in classical music and performance prepared him for some of the most competitive jobs in finance. In Part 1 of 2, we learn about the accident that changed everything and the big break he got right after the Great Financial Crisis to land his first job in finance in the back office. Listen to hear how he turned that opportunity into his first of many transitions to a front office role to become a Leveraged Finance Originations Analyst at a regional firm to the same role at a bulge bracket bank and what that meant for his career.

E192: Non-target University to BB Investment Banking Analyst to Private Equity Associate Mar 03, 2022

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In this episode, Cocrew shares his path from a non-target university to a bulge bracket investment banking analyst role. We learn how he was able to land multiple relevant internships and how his networking emails yielded such a high response rate. Listen to hear how his first foray into private equity recruiting was a train wreck and how he turned it around only 4 months later.

E191: Middlebury College to Goldman Sachs Internship to FinTech Startups Feb 24, 2022

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In this episode, we follow Alex on his winding road through various VC and IB internships in college, including one at Goldman Sachs to his latest jump to the fintech space at Lex Markets. Learn what went wrong at the Goldman internship and the first start-up and advice to some of the younger listeners trying to navigate similar waters.

E190: Partner at RareBreed VC from Cornell MBA Feb 17, 2022

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In this episode, Jonathan Kroll, partner of RareBreed VC fund shares his winding path coming out of UC Santa Barbara. From teaching himself how to code to launching two startups out of school to attending Cornell's Johnson School of Management for his MBA many years later, Jonathan explains how he successfully pivoted to venture capital by landing an internship with Andreesen Horowitz in their Market Development group.

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E189: UK Target to Singapore in DCM in Investment Banking to Treasury in Hong Kong Feb 10, 2022

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In this episode, CapM shares his path from a top target in the UK to working in debt capital markets for an investment bank in Singapore. We learn why he moved to the UK for school, why he ended up back in Singapore and why he made the jump to Treasury for a large corporation in Hong Kong.

E188: Google PM from JPM IB in Hong Kong and Accenture Strategy Consulting Feb 03, 2022

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In this episode, Bryan shares his winding path while attending Berkeley and his first few years out of school. From landing a VC internship his sophomore year, to a junior year internship in the cross-border M&A group of JP Morgan in Hong Kong to a jump to strategy consulting full time, learn some of his secrets to success during recruiting as well as why he decided to join Google as an Associate Product Manager.

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