Monday @Mentions July 20, 2015

Upcoming webinars:

-Applying IBD/PE Experience to Start-up Management/Leadership -- 630pm ET, 7/21/15
-Hedge Fund Analyst: Week in the Life -- 830pm ET, 7/22/15
-Consulting Case Presentation -- 830pm ET, 7/23/15
-BB TMT Associate - Week in the Life -- 7pm ET, 7/26/15

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):
-Growth Equity as an asset class / Growth Equity Careers, 7/20/2015
-Consulting Case Discussion, 7/21/2015
-Public Finance from an Analyst's Perspective, 7/22/2015
-What Makes FIG Different?, 7/23/2015
-Canadian/Toronto IB Recruitment, 7/24/2015

Post of the Week:

Exiting Big Four (Audit) after 5 years and entering FP&A - Ask me anything, by@CPA85" 7 silver bananas

Discussion Topics of the Week:

2016 Full-time IB Recruiting Timeline Megathread by @23mishima". 68 comments and counting. Thanks for posting this up!

Why is everyone obsessed with NYC? by @oxyjar45". 66 comments and counting.

July 15th Caption Contest Winner:

The comment by @TorontoMonkey1328" in the July 15th caption contest was the winner (13SB's).

"You have to Greece the pan before you fry the PIGS"

You're t-shirt is on the way :-)

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Dingdong08" 396 , 2. @DickFuld" 352, and 3. @Natalie_Accepted" with 243

See where you rank here.

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