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Q&A: 15 years as IB ANL/ASO, HF ANL/PM, Start-up Corp Finance Executive
~15 year career as an investment banking analyst/associate in ECM (SPACs) and leveraged finance/restructuring, hedge fund analyst/portfolio manager and currently as a corporate finance executive for a fast-growing start-up (led $70mm equity raise process). Have interviewed and spearheaded recruiting...
Life after PE - the other road
As I mentioned in a previous thread ( "How to Make VP in Private Equity" ), a couple years ago I said goodbye to the private equity industry and decided to try my luck in the tech industry. Not as a VC associate. Not as an “entrepreneur”. As a programmer. Yep, you read that right. After thinking...
Transitioned from finance to entrepreneurship - seeking feedback - DeepBench
Hi everyone – I used to be a frequent visitor to Wall Street Oasis back when I went through on-campus recruiting for IBD internships in 2009 – 2010. I was fortunate to get a FT analyst job at Goldman - and later on, I used WSO to figure out the next steps of my career, which helped me make the...
How Tech Beat Wall Street
In last Friday's Bonus Bananas one article stood out: it was the piece written by Bryan Goldberg entitled, " Young people are screwed… Here’s how to survive ". The WSO community was split pretty much down the middle as to whether or not this was a valid (and/or valuable) addition to the debate...
Why You Should Reject that Start-Up Job
I've always considered myself entrepreneurial at heart. Even since I've started my work in IB , I have continued to work on developing a few "back pocket" ideas that I'm excited about. Indeed, ever since I can remember, I have wanted to start my own business, not because I hope to be the next...
Is this the beginning of the end for Silicon Valley's fairytale valuations?
While I'm not expecting Uber to be valued at $100mm next week, there does seem to be a trend emerging in the convergence of price and value at these so-called "unicorn" start-ups, which is not a particularly good thing for the founders and early investors (among others). As CNBC reports:...
Owning privately-held stocks?
My friend is entering a start-up idea into an accelerator and wants to list me as an advisor on the application. Part of this process requires allocating some equity to me. I know that all banks have strict policies on their employees owning any individual stocks (I work at a BB ), but since this...
Stanford Technology Entrepreneurship - Anyone in this round?
Hey guys, Signed up for this course after @"Rhys da Vinci" posted here (http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/the-complete-coward%E2%80%99s-guide…). I was *shocked* at the level of technical talent. My team of 10 includes: A full professor of electrical and computer engineering (PhD Berkeley) at a...
Entrepreneurship and patent lawsuits
My original plan was to write a series about starting my eccomerce business; going through the process of finding a market, a product and funding. I still plan to do this, but I would like to talk about something that is far more pressing to me: IP litigation. Background
The Gamification of Recruiting
It could be said that recruiting for competitive jobs in business is a game. However, recruiting is a poorly designed game with blurred rules that doesn't necessarily award the best candidates all of the time. We have all long known about the shortcomings of the current model recruiting, and a...
Leaving Vista for Startup?
I'm currently with one of Vista's portfolio companies and I'm thinking about starting my own consulting firm. Initially, I'd need to lean on current clients for revenue. While there are no non-compete issues or IP conflicts, I'm uneasy about pitching this concept to my company since Vista owns a...
Start-Ups and Cash Burn Analysis
I have a few questions related to the valuation/analysis of startups. I am rather green when it comes to startups and have only dealt with companies that are more established, so my questions may seem obvious to some with more transaction experience with this type of company. (1) At a high level, do...
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