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E76: Prop Trading Burnout in 2008 to IB Bulge Bracket and Corp Dev M&A Executive Feb 06, 2020

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In this episode, member @jKim219 shares his story graduating during the financial crisis in 2008. Hear about what is was like to work at a prop trading shop that requires you to put up your own money, what he did when he burned out and quit and finally how he turned it all around.

E75: Non-target in US -> MSF in Europe -> BB IB in London -> L/S Hedge Fund Feb 02, 2020

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In this episode, Rick shares his path from a complete non-target school in the midwest to breaking into a top MSF in Europe. Learn what he did that allowed him to break into a Bulge Bracket bank in London BEFORE his Masters in Finance and why he turned down offers from a private equity megafund. What he did when bridges were burned with some recruiters and how he ended up at a long/short hedge fund.

E74: Partner in FinTech VC and the 30 Year Relationship Jan 30, 2020

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In this episode, @DSICA shares his path starting out as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch back in 2006 to transitioning twice internally with a critical mentor connection. Learn how he pivoted to VISA, got promoted to Director and eventually helped co-found his own FinTech venture capital fund. He also shares one piece of advice he gives to younger folk graduating today to build meaningful connections.

E73: Lazard Private Fund Advisory to Head of Investor Relations at Searchlight Capital Jan 26, 2020

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In this episode, Emily shares her path from a non-target school to landing a summer internship at Goldman Sachs. What she did when she didn't get the return offer in 2008 and a detailed dive into the day to day of analysts in the fund advisory group at Lazard. Learn how that group and working as a placement agent is different from investment banking and why a transition to investor relations in private equity is a natural next step. Also, some important advice on the one thing you should believe in before taking on significant career risk.

E72: Principal in Private Equity - "Do This as Much as You Can" Jan 23, 2020

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In this episode, @PIKtoggle shares his path from semi-target school to working two grueling years as an investment banking bulge bracket analyst. Learn what it's really like behind the scenes and how he was able to successfully pivot to private equity in 2008 even though he was very late to the typically "on-cycle" recruiting process. Listen for his advice on how to deal with recruiters but also how much carry bonus one should expect as you rise through the ranks in private equity.

E71: Non-target to BB IB Analyst -> Bain Venture Associate -> HBS -> VC Partner Jan 19, 2020

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In this episode, Joe shares his non-traditional path from a non-target school (University of Wisconsin) to breaking into investment banking at Merril Lynch right before it was acquired by Bank of America. Perhaps more impressive than that feat was his ability to land a highly competitive buyside associate role straight into Bain Capital Ventures and then break into Harvard Business School a few years after that. His latest move was to pivot after several years at Samsung's venture arm to found his own venture capital firm. Not surprisingly, that is also going well for him...learn what he thinks set him apart and why he spent an extra year in college.

E70: Goldman IB Associate Makes the Leap to Private Equity Jan 16, 2020

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In this episode, member @LouiseBouge shares her path from an investment banking analyst at a bulge bracket bank to getting her JD/MBA. Learn the common blind spot she had when choosing what bank to join out of undergrad as well as why she chose Goldman to continue her banking career after her graduate degree. Also, learn how she managed to pivot to private equity and a shocking comment made by a partner during final round interviews...

E69: Classical Musician to Hedge Funds and Venture Capital Jan 12, 2020

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In this episode, member @BadAxe85 shares his path from classical musician, ju-jitsu fighter and scraping before eventually landing at a top hedge fund and recently a well-respected VC. Everyone thought he was crazy. Hear about his winding path and the steps he needed to take before he had his first big break as well as some of the secret sauce that helped him to repeatedly defy the odds.

E68: LevFin Analyst at JP Morgan from Middle Office... to Tennis Pro?! Jan 09, 2020

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In this episode, Maxwell Peara, former leverage finance analyst at JP Morgan talks about how he broke into JP Morgan initially as a credit analyst coming out of Fordham. How he managed to transition to the front office in leveraged finance and why he left to pursue his dream of playing tennis professionally.

E67: James McKinney and The Startup Story Jan 05, 2020

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In this episode, James McKinney, host of the super-popular podcast The Startup Story joins us to talk about his winding path and current success. From a finance and accounting major in undergrad at a non-target to losing it all, James shares some of the highs and lows along his journey as well as this one career tip he'd give his younger self.

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