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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

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Most of this guide deals with the “late-stage VC” strategy, as dozens of other articles cover private equity strategies such as leveraged buyouts and traditional private equity. Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. Developing new products or services.

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Venture Capital Interview Questions: What to Expect and How to Prepare

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Most articles are copied/pasted/tweaked text, others appear to be written by ChatGPT, and others repeat generic questions you might get in an interview for a janitorial position. Firm-Specific and Process Questions – What do you think about our portfolio? Market and Investment Questions – Which startup would you invest in?

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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Some of these client differences relate to the distinction between private wealth management and private banking; for more on that, you should review the the private banking article. Note that the scope is more limited in “pure” WM roles; you’ll do more non-portfolio work in private banking.)

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Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Careers, Recruiting, Financial Modeling, and More

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This article will focus on careers and recruiting , while the accompanying YouTube video will discuss the technical/modeling aspects in more detail. You may still consider the entire portfolio when making decisions, but there’s less of a direct connection than in corporate finance roles.

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

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They do not invest in risky biotech startups attempting to cure cancer (at least not within their traditional PE portfolios). For more on this, please see our healthcare investment banking article. Interview Guide : There’s a DCF case study based on Attendo AB, a healthcare facility company in Sweden. in biology.

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Long-Only Hedge Funds: A Cozy Career, or a Complete Contradiction?

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Also, many long-biased funds tend to have more concentrated portfolios since they often aim to become one of the top shareholders in each company. Think: a deep review of companies’ financial statements, 3-statement models , and DCF-based valuations. both also do long/short equity).

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The Search Fund Internship: Perfect Pathway into Investment Banking and Private Equity Roles?

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Its “portfolio” consists of that single company, assuming it finds and acquires one. You can take the templates in our cold emailing article and tweak them for the specific search fund(s) you apply to. We’ve covered search fund jobs in a previous article but will expand that one and add more coverage in the future.