Aug 25, 2019

Small Debt Fund - to stay or not to stay?

Wondering what the community thinks. Is it worth starting a career at a smaller shop that is growing, or better to start somewhere more established?

Beckground:
I have been working at a private debt fund for ~1 year. They were successful in the past achieving somewhat consistent 10%+ returns doing opportunistic and esoteric loans (art, film, etc). As a result they grew quickly to roughly $1Bn. However they are still very much in growth mode and are very unorganized. the Pay is below market (

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HF Kong, way too quiet in here. What about these resources:

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4y

Sounds like you know the answer already.

AM

4y

Stay at your current role but also be reaching out / looking for better opportunities. If you can land something better take it. In the meantime keep building your skills. This needs to be evaluated on a specific alternative vs. conceptual.

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TheDarkLordBigChungus

AM

4y

Could you actually throw out some ballpark figures on deal flow? How many does the team see in an average month?

JUST DO IT. Don't let your memes be dreams.

HF

4y

My team has closed 1 deal since joining. The rest of the firm combined has closed 1 other.

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