Is this normal?
Sorry for the rant, but is it normal to be spending so much time and energy booking calls with clients, investors, internally, etc.? I feel like I'm a glorified exec admin, and Invariably send several emails every day trying to coordinate calls across multiple parties, it's a massive distraction.
Trying to gauge if it's my firm's problem (at an EB) or if that's normal across the street. I'm just shocked at how much admin BS this job involves, and booking calls takes the cake.
Yes, unless your group has a shared EA. It's just booking calls dude.
Normal.
totally normal, at a BB with EAs and still gotta do most of this shit
Yes. Good way to show you are on top of things. Say, VP asking you who has accepted the invite or not - do you know the answer? etc
Yup
One tip: For anyone you don't care about politically (so not your client or an important investor, but comanagers or whatever) only solicit availability from one person at each organization. You implicitly make it their problem, if they want to have a big (but unnecessary) "presence" on the call to figure out their own availability internally, then get back to you with one answer.
I've also heard that netroadshow is building something for this into their dealsite/WGL app, but not sure.
All part of the job friend
Definitely normal, I made a word doc with all of my responses written out (data room instructions, NDA confirmation, etc.) and have it open all day. Highly recommend
Responses to what? how the process is tracking along?
Email responses / prompts, could be on updating buyers on where the process is, data room instructions, anything that I know will be sent out 10-1,000 times during the course of a deal
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