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E126: BCG Consultant After Long Road and Giving Back Aug 02, 2020

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In this episode, Brittany gives us a front-row seat to her long and winding path to land as a management consultant at BCG. Find out how she was disadvantaged as a first-generation college student, why she went back to get her MBA at UCLA Anderson and how that propelled her into a much more rewarding and intellectually stimulating path she is on now. Along the way, Brittany has also found time to give back by founding SuitcaseOfJoy.org, a non-profit that brings toys to children in remote villages in Africa and around the world. Please check it out and consider donating.

E125: CRE Private Equity Associate Chasing Growth Jul 30, 2020

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In this episode, Cole shares his winding path in real estate private equity. From landing an analyst position in Agricultural PE right out of Duke to pivoting to a CRE acquisitions and dispositions role, he has always looked to make the move where he'll learn the most rather than chase the biggest paycheck. Learn what he's up to now in the midst of the major slow down due to Covid-19.

E124: VP at Goldman in IB Makes it from Trading and Liberal Arts Background Jul 26, 2020

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In this episode, LiberalArtsBanker shares his winding path from a small liberal arts college to VP at Goldman Sachs in investment banking. Learn why he started out in a trading role, why he jumped to a prop shop after a few years, his advice on trying to build a career as a trader as well as why he pivoted to IB with an MBA.

E123: Big Law to Investment Banking VP making $400k+ ...but First Sleeping in His Car Jul 23, 2020

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In this episode, chicago13 shares his winding path graduating from Berkeley in 2006 and trying to make it big by building apps and living in the start-up ecosystem in Silicon Valley. Listen to why it didn't work out along with some words of warning, what the main turning point was and why he ended up getting his JD and jumping into Big Law...only to leave one year later to join a middle-market investment bank. Learn about the common associate struggles starting out in IB, why he was screamed at during a Holiday Party and how he managed to overcome those obstacles to get promoted to VP.

E122: CLO Structuring at Morgan Stanley to Restructuring Finance at Citi to Buyside at a Family Office Jul 19, 2020

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In this episode, Jason shares his path coming from a non-target school, and how a mentor from his home town changed his life. Listen to how he was able to land a few critical internships, prepare for the interviews, and beat the odds to land a full-time offer in the fixed income division of Morgan Stanley right out of undergrad. Learn why he ended up moving over to Citi in their investment banking division and eventually why he jumped to the buy-side at a family office.

E121: Enron to Director at Barclays in LevFin/Sponsors Group Jul 16, 2020

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In this episode, Tim shares his path graduating with a masters in engineering and quickly losing his job as the scandal at Enron unfolded. We learn how he got back on his feet, how he leveraged the MBA to get a job in investment banking on the west coast during the great financial crisis in 2009 and eventually how he had a 10 year run from Associate up to Director at Barclays. This is a long one, but Tim was a really insightful guest so I wanted to unpack what each stage was like for him.

E120: PwC Audit -> TAS to M&A Valuations @ F500 -> FinTech Director Jul 12, 2020

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In this episode, FinTechSF shares his winding path from graduating during the financial crisis in 2008 and having to leave the US as an international student back to Dubai. Learn how he got his foot in the door at PwC in audit and managed to make the transition over to the transaction advisory practice in only 1.5 years even though they kept telling him no. Find out why he moved back to the US a few years later and eventually joined the corporate side in their M&A group.

E119: Fund Manager Says No to Goldman Right Out of School Jul 09, 2020

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In this episode, Yuri shares his winding path starting out graduating from his master's program in London right at the start of the global financial crisis and turning down an offer to start at Goldman Sachs to travel the world and try to get into a more direct investing role. Listen to his great advice on specific questions to ask when interviewing for asset management or hedge fund roles as a junior analyst and also make sure to check out his blog snippet.finance, a place where he shares interesting snippets of financial data and analysis.

E118: High School Dropout to Top Masters in London -> Asset Management Jul 02, 2020

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In this episode, SkininTheGame16 shares his non-traditional path to a top asset manager in London. From dropping out of high school to traveling abroad to breaking into a top Masters program in London, hear how he navigated some unforgiving circumstances growing up in Brussels.

E117: MD in Private Equity Secondaries - The Quant Research Angle Jun 28, 2020

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In this episode, Avi shares his unusual path from investment banking, to running a magazine start-up and then back into investment banking two years later. After that re-entry into finance, Avi was able to lateral to an IR role at a private equity fund and eventually became COO of Riverside's European Fund 7 years later. Finally, he made the bold (and I'd argue crazy) move to pursue a phD while working and everntually found himself at Landmark, a private equity fund focused on the secondary market, running the quant research division.

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