Sold business-career shift
sold my business, need career advice
I just closed the sale of a oilfield equipment business I started ~2.5 years ago. Started it with around 100k I made in real estate brokerage and a borrowed 50 now selling for ~750k net. This was a unexpected offer and I initially did not take it but the grind of managing 6 employees, being my own IT guy/accountant/payroll/HR dep, and never being able to travel made me reconsider when the offer came back around. Also being in a small town is terrible and can't wait to get back to large city.
Background:
---Went to well regarded liberal arts school (JPM, DB, Barclays, small banks, Big 4, Bain recruited on campus but not sure on target status) accounting. 3.05 GPA (lots of fun though)
---Worked in comm. real estate brokerage for almost 3 years after graduation, HATED it, hit a few good (lucky) deals and piled up some cash and left to start business that a friend from HS had pitched me on
---just took the GMAT, made 720 with some studying (~25 hrs) but feel I could raise it with more work
---have all hours required to sit for CPA but haven't taken tests
Options I have thought of
B-school---do I have any shot at any of the top 10 schools if I raise my GMAT to 740+? I've got a very good connection at one Top 5.
Boutique IB---Alumni of school are very connected in this industry and have spoken to a few and it seems like a possibility. I would probably hate it but would be good experience if deal flow was good?
Operating team of PE owned O&G comp -not sure how/if the hiring happens for lower levels of these type jobs
Consulting, VC or startups-have 0 knowledge of this industry beyond O&G?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Would a headhunter or something similar be useful? No experience with these but would think they could be very helpful if you found the RIGHT one.
Do people 5 years out of school put GPA, SAT, etc. on resume?
If I were in your position, I'd look around for the VC firms focused on O&G. I think you'd have good experience operationally, plus you have it on your record of running a startup that successfully exited. That should be a great credential.
I don't know what the cutoff in experience is for removing GPA and other test scores from your resume, but I think I would around 5 years. If you are fresh out of school, wouldn't hurt to have it on there.
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