Weekly (or maybe this should be bi-weekly?) Reader Q&A continues this week, and I prove that I can indeed answer technical/finance questions as well (one of the benefits of working in an M&A group is that I know all sorts of obscure finance/tax trivia you never use 99% of the time), so if you have [...]

Career Change, Corporate Development, Getting A Job, Recruiting, Valuation | 4 Comments »

Here we are in March and, as expected, investment banking summer internship questions continue to roll in.  In addition to more guidance on how to decide between different summer internship offers, I also cover the transition from the world of nonprofits into private equity, as well as the role of accounting firms in investment banking [...]

Accounting, Career Change, Corporate Development, Investment Banking Internships, Nonprofits, Private Equity, Recruiting | 1 Comment »

“Before I became so fervent about Private Equity, I thoroughly considered all my other career options: hedge funds and VC.”
-Hicks Musings, The Leveraged Sellout
One common question I’ve been getting lately goes something like this:
“Inquisitor, I just started as a freshman at Harvard.  I am majoring in economics and finance and I’m in the stock market [...]

Corporate Development, Hedge Funds, Investment Banking Lifestyle, Investment Banking Salaries, Private Equity, Recruiting, Venture Capital | 12 Comments »