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02-09-2024 Newsletter: Intention to Lateral?

OfficeHours

Given that we were mainly doing sell-sides at the EB, a lot of the analysis work was valuation as well as positioning the company and helping the management team with the presentations. When it came to recruiting, my partners knew people at pretty much every VC or growth fund I was interested in and were more than happy to make introductions.

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Meituan buys founder’s months-old ‘OpenAI for China’ for $280M

TechCrunch: M&A

In a series of recruitment posts on Jike, a social network popular in the Chinese tech community, Wang initially said he planned to personally invest $50 million in Light Years Beyond. With no product, Light Years Beyond had a valuation of $200 million at inception, as noted in one of Wang’s Jike posts. million in debt.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. Recruiting: How to Win Corporate Finance Jobs Corporate finance jobs are much less competitive than investment banking jobs.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Recruiting and Interviews Very little about the recruiting process is different, partially because each bank does it differently. You can expect the same early recruiting timeline in the U.S., I recommend accepting a capital markets offer over pretty much any non-IB offer.

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How to Get an Investment Banking Internship

Mergers and Inquisitions

The IB internship recruiting timeline is now so insane that even mainstream news sources like the Wall Street Journal are writing about it (“ The Race Is On to Hire Interns for 2025. In practice, this means you must be on top of IB internship recruiting from Year 1 of university if you’re in the U.S. Wealth management.

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07-04-2023 Newsletter: July 4th PE Platform Sale!

OfficeHours

We have an intimate understanding of both on-cycle and off-cycle recruiting and have a track record of placing candidates from all backgrounds (both non-target and target). Private Equity Course Curriculum Overview Module 1 – Buyside Recruiting 101Lessons: Introduction to OfficeHours (start here!), WHY CHOOSE US?

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07-20-2023 Newsletter: On-Cycle

OfficeHours

The “top-tier” and most competitive funds signal the start of Buyside recruiting season by being the first to extend interview invitations. Focus Prep on Deal Experience More often than not, if you are recruiting for Buyside jobs you have had experience in some sort of transaction oriented industry. Have Good Questions Ready!