Free Version of Breaking into Private Equity and Venture Capital

Hey guys, just wanted to give you the heads up that we are offering a free redacted version of the Breaking into Private Equity and Venture Capital guide we just released.

This way, you can get a really good understanding of what is in the guide (and why it got such rave reviews by some of the top PE recruiters in the industry) before buying the full version. To get it, just click on the "Free" button below the testimonials here: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/guide/breaking-int…

Enjoy, Patrick

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thanks junksbondswap - looks like we've already had 50 free version download and only a few sales since this post so looks like Ganthor isnt the only one.

We are actually going to start licensing these guides to career centers around the world like The Vault and Wet Feet does so hopefully in about 1-2 years most of the students on here will have versions through their career centers.

if any of you want to help us speed up that process (ie to get the guides through your career center) and know who we could speak with at your career center we'd appreciate an introduction. Or you can have the appropriate people contact WallStreetOasis.com>[email protected] ...our bulk pricing is very competitive.

Thanks, Patrick

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Does this guide have a real focus on venture capital separately, or does it mainly group it with private equity? I downloaded the free version but it's hard for me to tell in the abridged version how much of a unique focus there is on venture capital. Just want to get a better idea of what I'm buying and I think there is a lot of value in distinguishing between the recruiting processes of venture capital and private equity. I will say though that the info on PE from what I can see looks great

 
SACThe checkout link isn't working right now.

....because so many monkeys ran to get the free version (surprise surprise) we hit that max free downloads per day = 100. I talked with the guys that sell the pdf and they say this is a security feature they can't change. So I guess make sure you are one of the first 100 to download the free version or it might not work later in the day. I will keep trying to harass them to see if we can up this # to more like 300.

it should be up and working again today though...

Thanks, Patrick

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