IB crazed engineer

Hello, So life story- PhD + startup + market crash = disillusioned entrepreneur Helped few HNI perform due diligence on couple of deals in the hospitality and CBD industry Currently do some technical consulting on ESG aspect to a F500 For my startup - I cold called >300 senior execs in less than 1 year and recruited some as board of advisors

Now looking to be in IB- doing due diligence on deals.... M&A focused- DCF, LBO, cold calls, deal sourcing, valuation reports, audits, compatibility testing, market research etc..... I am working hard to network, but am in a tier 3 city.... what do I do?

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