30yr old law grad with no traction and feeling hopeless

Hey All,

This is my first time posting so I hope its in the right place lol. Just for some background, Im 30 years old from NY (Long Island) and after law school, instead of going to practice, serendipitously founded my own tech/fitness startup that after running for a year, eventually got acquired by a large competitor, its a lot less glamorous then it sounds. I didn't walk away with millions or anything. After that I was doing freelance consulting for other startups and local businesses through word of mouth referrals.

I wanted to get into finance after law school but because of medical issues and how I fell into my startup, it was put aside. I come from a non-target school (hofstra undergrad and law) with no finance background but always had the interest in the markets. I took the Invest Like the Street course to learn more about being an analyst and how to value, model, etc. as well as to have something on my resume that shows something finance related. the course was great for me in a learning capacity but I also understand it may look like a joke to people already in the business and on the street, but i figured it showed my interest in learning more and hopefully being able to provide value if I ever got a job.

I finished the course around early December 2018 and since then have been trying to find jobs in NY, LA, SF and have had ZERO traction. I decided to get the WSO IB Interview course and also do mentor sessions offered by WSO to see if there was something different i could do. The mentor sessions were good and everyone said that I had a pretty good resume and they wouldn't change anything and that i was def suited for a job on wall street. A few mentioned that I should apply for associate positions, not just analyst positions and also private equity/VC analyst positions given my experience which sounded crazy to me but I have been doing more of that.

the mentors told me to use LinkedIn to reach out to my network for opportunities. the problem there was that everyone in my network is mostly lawyers or not in finance. I've sent a few messages to people in my network and a couple to people outside my network and was ignored, which is fine. I'm hesitant to be "that guy" that is in your inbox that you dont really know or dont know at all. Is it really what i have to do?

Sorry for rambling, just feeling pretty hopeless since it looks like there's no end in sight. If you guys have any recommendations or have dealt with this I'd love to hear or learn about how to better position myself...Thanks