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March 17, 2022 E194: Hedge Fund Partner - The Path from The Back Office (Part 2 of 2)
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.
52 min
March 10, 2022 E193: Hedge Fund Partner - The Path from The Back Office (Part 1 of 2)
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.
48 min
March 03, 2022 E192: Non-target University to BB Investment Banking Analyst to Private Equity Associate
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.
54 min
February 24, 2022 E191: Middlebury College to Goldman Sachs Internship to FinTech Startups
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.
1 hr 15 min
February 17, 2022 E190: Partner at RareBreed VC from Cornell MBA
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
58 min
February 10, 2022 E189: UK Target to Singapore in DCM in Investment Banking to Treasury in Hong Kong
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.
40 min
February 03, 2022 E188: Google PM from JPM IB in Hong Kong and Accenture Strategy Consulting
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.
47 min
January 27, 2022 E187: How to Break into a Top Hedge Fund - The Analyst Speaks (Part 2 of 2)
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.
38 min
January 20, 2022 E186: How to Break into a Top Hedge Fund - The Analyst Speaks (Part 1 of 2)
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.
52 min
January 06, 2022 E185: VP in Investment Banking Jumps to Stand Up Comedy & Acting
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_zXqbJBKDz3g
Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dickjokescomedy/
1 hr 13 min

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