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Episode 4 | Cheick Camara

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This episode is with Cheick Camara, who is a Junior studying Applied Economics & Management in Dyson. On campus he is the Co-Founder and Co-President of BlackGen Capital,  the first minority-owned investment fund at Cornell and is the Co-Founder of Fello, a social and professional platform that empowers talented college students to bring their ideas to life.

Cheick is also an Incoming Fundamental Research Summer Analyst at The D. E. Shaw Group.

In this conversation we cover a wide range of topics starting from Cheick’s experience hustling as a kid to leading successful organizations and pursuing your goals.

Content and Timestamps:

  • 6:40 | School kid by day-Hustler by night
  • 10:10 | Coming into Cornell/ From Pre-Med to Finance
  • 19:35 | BlackGen formation
  • 25:20 | Leading a team and organization
  • 30:00 | Having time and Making time
  • 33:30 | Budgeting and Investing
  • 38:00 | Fello and lessons learned in starting a company
  • 51:50 | Visions and Accountability
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