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.

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.

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.RareBreed VC

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.

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.

In this episode, we continue my talk with Propshead about his progression as an investor at a top hedge fund. Learn what is expected of you when you first start, how you can grow and listen to one of the trades that changed everything.

In this episode, we follow member Propshead on his nontraditional path working in emerging markets in various startups to working as a strategy consultant before his MBA. Learned a key step he took before going to business school in order to be able to break into a top hedge fund post-MBA as well as how he was able to get enough internships on his CV to overcome his non-traditional work experience.

In this episode, Dick shares his winding path from George Washington University to investment banking. We learn why he took a few years off in the middle of college, why it took him another 3 years after graduation to get into investment banking and why he recently made the jump to leave a lucrative vice president position to jump into the world of Hollywood.Find him on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiGECGV0VM3_zXqbJBKDz3gInstagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dickjokescomedy/

In this episode, Howie shares his story as an immigrant moving to the United States when he was 15 years old. Learn how he picked up English so fast, how he did so well in high school, how he became the first member in his family to attend college, how a back office internship at a bank opened his eyes to investment banking and how he ended up landing that first IB internship. We hear about how he converted the internship into a full time offer and his risky approach that paid off during private equity recruiting.

In this episode, we catch up with Victor the same day after he finishes up his Series 7 top off exam after a grueling few months of studying. Listen to hear why he's headed to Hawaii for a few months and the advice I give him in his ever shifting plans.

In this episode, Dave, aka CertifiedFinanceAce, shares his winding path and how he has found a great career as a senior valuation associate making over 10 times what he did just 5 short years ago. Listen to hear how the Great Financial Crisis in 2009 rocked his family life and his outlook, why he decided to start attending community college, how he transitioned to a 4 years school and managed not to take on any debt, how internships and the CFA helped open doors and the one strategy he has used to make almost every transition possible, including the latest to a senior valuation associate role where he is given a lot of autonomy and loves his job.

In this episode, Yuriy shares his path from Boulder to operations at Goldman in Salt Lake City back in 2007. Learn how he survived job cuts and got promoted and why he eventually decided to get an MBA at Insead. Hear how he graduated with an MBA unemployed but then how he was able to get his foot back in the door at an unexpected team, only to be promoted again to a front office trading position on the fixed income desk. After 4 years, we learn why he risked it all to join a small 4 person start-up trading cryptocurrencies and how that lead to his current role as Head of Trading at the fast growing startup called Anchorage. 

In this session, we catch up with Tarnvir as he has made the successful transfer to Emory from Baruch since we last spoke over the summer. We have a long discussion about diversity programs, summer analyst recruiting and a plan for him as he enters a critical juncture in his Sophomore year.