I applied to a very small fund (~100m AUM) and their founder/principal emailed me asking about a general capability, and I responded with my experience in the area friday morning. He hasn't gotten back to me yet so I'm wondering if I should follow-up sometime this week or just wait because he probably has more important things at the moment. Thanks
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Wait, but should follow up.
Yes, founders always have something more important to do.
Thanks, that's what I was leaning towards due to the importance aspect. Wondering how long I should wait until follow-up, I figure since it's a small place and don't have to go through traditional HR channels that early could be a good option. Thoughts?
Two weeks from first interaction is fine.
Don't just follow up. Send him an investment write-up that proves you have the capability he was asking about.
Yes, it's a lot of work. But that's how you stand apart from the crowd.
Agree with MMPM. If you're writing verbatim from him, "general capability" means send me a pitch to see if you have the basics, not general availability for a call. Would send him a pitch and highly suggest attaching a pitch to future out bounds to funds.
For sure, he was broadly asking if I could analyze things in a certain way, and I responded with my experience doing it. I've had a pitch in the works and wondering how technical I should get. The fund is involved in some niche/technical markets, but I'm putting together a pretty concise 1-page thesis to hit the basics like you said. I wasn't planning on sending a full working model due to the ask, but I am going to include some fundamental calculations on the summary. General cap structure summary, competitive advantages, industry highlights, a couple comps, etc. will be included. It's my first time doing this, so I'm trying to make sure I don't get too carried away in the weeds but can demonstrate I have the fundamentals. Thoughts?
If I were the hiring PM, what I'm looking to confirm is precisely that the candidate can get in the weeds. Anyone can talk high-level BS, but why not make this an opportunity to prove you can do deep-dive analysis? You can of course post a short summary followed by all the detail in an appendix.
Thanks for the help everyone, he got back to me and assigned a stock to analyze.
UPDATE: I turned in my report and model on monday. Got a call about an hour afterwards from the one that originally contacted me and he asked me some general questions and chopped it up (told me some stories, his background, etc.). He said he'd have his analyst look at my model and then get back to me. Curious to how long that usually takes?
I would follow-up middle of next week.
Sounds good, thanks
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