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Join Season 4, Episode 5 of the Elite Finance Podcast with Kaushik, with Claire Mendelson, JMI Equity, one of the Top 5 Growth Equity Firms in the world with $11bn AUM - on Growth Equity & Private Equity! The Elite Finance podcast features elite professionals & investors from the top PE, HF, VC, IB & AI firms in the world.   Like, Comment, Subscribe for Top Elite Finance Content Like this. Kaushik is the leading voice in the High Finance space, having built 3 Private Equity platforms to date, including Onefinnet, the #1 Finance platform in the world.  Onefinnet is the #1 PE/HF/IB training & development platform in the world, used by the top firms ($700bn+ AUM) and top professionals & students (100,000+ trained since 2020).  Explore Onefinnet's 1-on-1 IB/PE/HF Elite Coaching Platform: https://onefinnet.com/coaching Explore Onefinnet's Leading Training Platform: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ 00:00: Event Intro 02:30: Claire's Introduction 05:20: Why Growth Equity 09:00: What is Growth Equity 13:55: Growth Equity: What does Founder Partnership look like 19:35: Growth Equity: Future Sectors for Growth investing 24:00: Growth Equity: What makes a great software/Ai Company 29:30: Growth Equity: Day in a life of Senior Associate in Growth Equity Firm 37:10: Growth Equity: What does the growth equity lifecycle of a deal look like 42:55: Growth Equity: Different kinds of Modeling used in Growth Equity  47:25: Growth Equity: Breaking into Growth Equity firms 52:00: How was Wharton MBA experience 53:45: Growth Equity: How to standout at the job #privateequity  #growthequity #careers   #mentorship  #advice  #technology  #talent  #ai  #recruiting  #university  #firms  #wallstreet

Join Season 4, Episode 4 of the Elite Finance Podcast with Kaushik, with Rachel Lyons, from Carlyle, one of the leading Private Equity & Private Credit firms in the world with $474bn in AUM! The Elite Finance podcast features elite professionals & investors from the top PE, HF, VC, IB & AI firms in the world.   Like, Comment, Subscribe for Top Elite Finance Content Like this. Kaushik is the leading voice in the High Finance space, having built 3 Private Equity platforms to date, including Onefinnet, the #1 Finance platform in the world.  Onefinnet is the #1 PE/HF/IB training & development platform in the world, used by the top firms ($700bn+ AUM) and top professionals & students (100,000+ trained since 2020).  Explore Onefinnet's 1-on-1 IB/PE/HF Elite Coaching Platform: https://onefinnet.com/coaching Explore Onefinnet's Leading Training Platform: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ 305 | Rachel's Introduction 620 | What is Private Credit and difference from Private Equity 830 | Private Credit Explosion 1150 | Private Credit: Thinking Process and difference from PE 1400 | Private Credit: What to focus on  1600 | Private Credit: Public Credit vs Private Debt 1830 | Private Credit: Impacts of Interest Rates 2005 | Prvate Credit: Metrics of Evaluation 2210 | Private Credit: Types of Strategies 2420 | Private Credit: Mezzanine Financing (Debt and Equity) 2545 | Private Credit: Real Asset Financing 2655 | Private Credit: Day in a life of Private Credit Associate 2955 | Private Credit: Importance of maintaing banking relationships 3200 | Private Credit: High level Deal (uniqueness and challenges) 3540 | Personal Experience 3800 | Private Credit: Types of Analysis 4110 | Private Credit: Lessons learned in practise 4515 | Private Credit: Breaking into Private Credit (Recruiting Process) 4900 | Private Credit: Case Study Testing 5150 | Personal outside of work Leadership experience 5710 | Rachel's Harvard Business School Experience 10210 | Private Credit: AI in Private Credit Space #privatecredit #privateequity  #careers   #mentorship  #advice  #energy #technology  #talent  #ai  #recruiting  #university  #firms  #wallstreet

Join Season 4, Episode 3 of the Elite Finance Podcast with Kaushik, with Will Goodman, Vice President at Clean Hill Partners, one of the leading & fastest growing Energy Private Equity firms in the world! The Elite Finance podcast features elite professionals & investors from the top PE, HF, VC, IB & AI firms in the world.   Like, Comment, Subscribe for Top Elite Finance Content Like this. Kaushik is the leading voice in the High Finance space, having built 3 Private Equity platforms to date, including Onefinnet, the #1 Finance platform in the world.  Onefinnet is the #1 PE/HF/IB training & development platform in the world, used by the top firms ($700bn+ AUM) and top professionals & students (100,000+ trained since 2020).  Explore Onefinnet's 1-on-1 IB/PE/HF Elite Coaching Platform: https://onefinnet.com/coaching Explore Onefinnet's Leading Training Platform: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ 210 | Will's Introduction 800 | How has Onefinnet Helped you 1110 | Private Equity: Breakdown of Energy Sector 1435 | Private Equity: Types of Technology Companies  1855 | Business Models in Energy Sector 1955 | Investor Players in Energy Sector Space 2400 | Private Equity: What to see in Early Stage Energy companies 2700 | Energy Private Equity: Overview of Energy Generation Sector 3215 | Energy Private Equity: How to drive Conviction for Growth 3700 | Energy Private Equity: Evaluating different business models  4010 | Energy Private Equity: How does the Growth Look like 4300 | Energy Private Equity: Overview of Energy Consumption Sector 4840 | Energy Private Equity: Overview of Digital Infrastructure 5255 | Private Equity: PE role in powering AI Revolution 5645 | Political Environment in Energy Sector 5850 | PE: Breaking in Private Equity for Energy Sectors 10510 | What to expect in a Energy Private Equity Case Study 11000 | Mentality to have for working in Energy Space #privateequity  #careers   #mentorship  #advice  #energy #technology  #talent  #ai  #recruiting  #university  #firms  #wallstreet

Join Season 4, Episode 2 of the Elite Finance Podcast with Kaushik, with Faye Teng, from Partners Group, one of the leading technolog Private Equity firms in the world, with $244bn AUM! The Elite Finance podcast features elite professionals & investors from the top PE, HF, VC, IB & AI firms in the world.   Like, Comment, Subscribe for Top Elite Finance Content Like this. Kaushik is the leading voice in the High Finance space, having built 3 Private Equity platforms to date, including Onefinnet, the #1 Finance platform in the world.  Onefinnet is the #1 PE/HF/IB training & development platform in the world, used by the top firms ($700bn+ AUM) and top professionals & students (100,000+ trained since 2020).  Explore Onefinnet's 1-on-1 IB/PE/HF Elite Coaching Platform: https://onefinnet.com/coaching Explore Onefinnet's Leading Training Platform: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ 2:20 - Faye's Introduction 5:00 - Insights of Investing in Technology space 6:50 - Where to find Faye Teng on Onefinnet Program 9:00 - Private Equity: How to become a better Buyout Investor  12:10 - Private Equity: What sectors to focus on as Junior  13:45 - Sectors driving the Private Equity Space 16:50 - Private Equity: Most important Characterisitcs before investing 21:10 - Private Equity: Bechmarchs for different stages  23:15 - Private Equity: Role of VP in Deal Process 25:00 - Private Equity: How to look at the Right thing in due diligence 27:30 - Private Equity: Challenges in recognising the patterns for a deal 30:20 - Private Equity: Becoming better Operational Investor 32:40 - PE: Best Practises for Idea creation 36:15 - Most Formative Skills for Senior level positions 38:30 - Private Equity: What Qualities you look for in PE candidates 40:20 - Private Equity: Most asked Questions  42:50 - Private Equity: Key Differences between Associate questions and VP questions 46:00 - Private Equity: Advice for Career Switchers 48:20 - Private Equity: Types of cases in PE 52:15 - Last Advice for next Generations  #privateequity  #careers   #mentorship  #advice  #technology  #talent  #ai  #recruiting  #university  #firms  #wallstreet

Join the brand new season of Elite Finance Podcast with Kaushik, with Greg Giordano, from Veritas Capital, one of the leading technology & services Private Equity firms in the world! The Elite Finance podcast features elite professionals & investors from the top PE, HF, VC, IB & AI firms in the world.  Kaushik is the leading voice in the High Finance space, having built 3 Private Equity platforms to date, including Onefinnet, the #1 Finance platform in the world 245 | Greg's Intro 350 | Greg's Experience with Onefinnet 500 | What does Veritas Actually Do 700 | What does it Look Like to Work in Private Equity 900 | Different Kinds of Private Equity Firms 1100 | What Goes in Minds of Private Equity Investors 1300 | Best Practices of Due Diligence for Private Equity Firms 1500 | How to Overcome Large Risks in Private Equity 1710 | Strategies Employed in Private Equity 2000 | How does a Private Equity Deal Look Like 2240 | Private Equity : How does Value Addition Work 2510 | Private Equity : Kinds of Exit Strategies 2845 | Promising Market Sectors for Next 5 Years 3100 | Competition : How to Standout from other Private Equity Firms 3350 | Deal Sourcing : How does a Deal Lands with a Firm 3600 | Importance of Teams : How is a Team Formed 3850 | How to Build a Skillset for Private Equity Operator 4110 | Role & Impact of Technology in Private Equity 4345 | Future of AI and Human Capital in Finance Industry 4630 | Balancing Short-Term & Long-Term Investments  4935 | How to Standout as Candidate for Private Equity 5225 | Early Careers : How to Standout as an Analyst 5530 | Potential Candidate : Important Factors to Standout 5850 | How does Operational Sides of Private Equity Look Like 10130 | Challenges You Face in Private Equity 10355 | How does MBA help in Career 10700 | One Piece of Advice 10845 | Ending Note

Join Elevate for an exclusive Private Equity & Buyside Careers & Recruiting Forum, and 300+ Attendees from the Top IB/PE/HF/FinTech Firms & Top Universities 00:00 | Overview of Session & Elevate 02:57 | Who's in the Audience Today 04:20 | Speakers tell us about their Backgrounds & Private Equity Experiences to Date 04:29 | Adi, Centerbridge 06:52 | John, New Mountain Capital 07:33 | Jeevan, TPG Capital 08:00 | Andee, Vista Equity Partners 10:40 | Tell us more about your platforms, and why you chose it 10:55 | Why Centerbridge 12:24 | Why New Mountain? 14:27 | Why TPG? 15:40 | Why Vista? 19:12 | Day-to-Day in Private Equity: Transaction Execution & Portfolio Management Work 20:00 | Day-to-Day in Private Equity: Sourcing 25:13 | Recruiting: Key Decision Factors & Timing (On-Cycle & Off-Cycle) 26:56 | How to Diligence Firms: Portfolio Page & Team Page 30:13 | Going straight into PE vs. IB - Importance of Training & Mentorship at Vista 32:40 | Private Equity Interview Process: Biggest Differentiators #privateequity #careers #finance #success #recruitment

We are super excited to welcome to one of the most incredible sessions we've had at Elevate - with Vince Bellino - an all-star Finance professional & leader (6+ years at Goldman Sachs & Leader Beyond), who's overcome lots of setbacks to excel at a very young age as a Professional. Today, we talk about all topics related to Career Resilience and Branding in your Finance Careers. This is for anyone who's currently in the Finance industry or looking to enter it. We cover so many topics - including Failures, overcoming failures, Facing tough economic & job environments like today's, getting fired or let go, branding & re-branding yourself throughout your career, importance of networking & focus on relationships, the pain vs. sacrifice in your career, and finally, having introspection and patience throughout 0:00:00 Highlights 0:04:20 Intros 0:07:00 Speaker Background: Goldman Sachs & Beyond 0:11:00 Talking through Failures in Career 0:14:10 Keys to overcoming failure? 0:18:30 How can you differentiate yourself when you speak to people? 0:21:30 You're always networking in your life 0:24:30 Being Resilient in Tough Parts of Career & Career Environment 0:27:00 Advice for Anyone who's lost their job 0:31:30 ***How do you rebrand yourself and articulate your story? 0:35:00 What you're actually good at versus what you're supposed to be good at  0:37:15 How often to reflect and introspect in your career? 00:41:30 What are the things that Analysts & Associates be focused on building at early stage of their career? 0:45:30 Importance of Mentorship on Career 0:48:00 How do you measure success? Money, Status, Power, Brand Name, Clout, Network? 0:53:00 Pain vs. Gain; Sacrifice vs. Opportunity in Career 0:56:00 Avanti, Avanti - How to keep moving forward regardless of Success or Failure #investmentbanking #Careers #resilience #wallstreet #finance #networking #goals

Learn what a day-in-the life looks like for one of the most sought after jobs in the world - Vice President at a top Investment Bank like Goldman Sachs? Check out this latest episode - where Elevate Founder & 6+ year VP at Goldman Sachs, and Private Equity Investor, Kaushik takes you behind the scenes of what you do every day, and what it takes to be successful in this role. We've asked 50+ VPs from top banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan, JP Morgan, Evercore, Bank of America, Lazard, Credit Suisse, Barclays - and you'll get to hear about everyone's experiences! Elevate is the #1 Investment Banking, Private Equity, Growth Equity, Hedge Fund & Fintech Career Professional Network in North America. Join Elevate's exclusive network below, and get access to top jobs, networking & learning resources - built 100% by professionals! Get access to Elevate: https://www.elevatecareernetwork.com/ Training: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecareer #investmentbanking #wallstreet #careers #finance #jobs #internship #vicepresident 00:00 Intro 00:51 Job Outline 2:53 Emails 3:58 Morning Prep 4:56 Commute and Leadership Meeting 5:16 Meetings with Internal Teams 6:44 Check In with Corporate Clients 8:04 Lunch and Catch Up with (potential) Clients 10:30 Back to Office, Sync Up with Teams 11:19 Internal Team Development 12:21 Financial Sponsors/Private Equity Client Calls 13:25 Review Deals and Give Team Feedback 14:19 Dinner with Clients 14:45 Wrap Up and Head Home

Join 300+ Attendees from Top Universities & Top IB/PE/HF/FinTech Firms  for this exclusive Elevate Investment Banking Careers: Internship Success. Speakers from: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, BAML, Evercore, LionTree, Qatalyst, Rothschild Elevate is the largest Investment Banking, Private Equity, Growth Equity, Hedge Fund & Fintech Career platform in North America, and is partnered with the top IB/PE/GE/VC/HF Firms in the world on Elevate's Recruiting, Networking, Training & Investing Platforms. Website: https://www.elevatecareernetwork.com/ Training: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ 02:40 Intros 07:08 Managing Communication & Staying Organized - Will, BAML 08:28 Prioritization of Workstreams & Networking - Thomas, Goldman 10:23 Being Responsive & Dependable - Lance, Morgan Stanley 11:42 4 Main Types of Projects as an Intern - Kaushik 14:12 Daily Schedule & When to Come in? - Om, LionTree 15:22 Being Efficient with Time & Navigate Bank-specific Tools & Folders - Thomas, Qatalyst 18:10 Evolution of Responsibilities over course of summer - Avni, Rothschild 19:10 Learning Curve & Shift after Mid-Summer Feedback - Nihal, Evercore 20:00 Feedback Process & Mindset - Kaushik 25:22 How to Gather Informal Feedback - Lance, Morgan Stanley 27:20 Powerpoint & Get to Know Your Class - Thomas, Goldman Sachs 30:30 Reaching out to Senior People - Will, BAML 32:48 Network & Get to know First Years - Namrita, Morgan Stanley 34:42 Being Responsive - Lance, Morgan Stanley 37:02 Carry a Notepad Around & Shadow your Analysts - Avni, Rothschild 38:12 Full-Time Lateral Recruiting - Thomas, Qatalyst 40:50 Add Value Where Possible - Om, LionTree 42:02 Anticipating Comments on Work & Achieving a Balance - Nihal, Evercore

Elevate's Exclusive Fall 2021 Venture Capital Recruiting Training Workshop, with 400+ Attendees from Top 15+ MBA Universities, and an all-star VC panel: - Alex Li, Modern Venture Partners - Dana Sun, OCA Ventures - Kyle Jorgensen, Lux Capital - Austin Nalen, Foresite Capital - Rishi Ratan, Micron Ventures - Aimee Xu, True Beauty Ventures Elevate Website Follow on Instagram & Youtube PE, VC, IB Training Taught by 20+ PE, VC, IB Pros: https://elevatecareer.teachable.com/ Elevate is the #1 PE, VC, IB, HF Networking & Recruiting platform. Elevate is partnered with 50+ Top PE, VC, HF, IB firms & professionals, and Top 35 Undergrad & top 12 MBAs. 0:03:03 Speaker Intros 0:10:02 What are VC Firms & Recruiters Looking for 0:12:13 Interviews & Conversations 0:13:54 Come Prepared with Investment Ideas 0:15:47 Doubling Down on Your Strengths 0:18:02 Day-to-day in VC 3 Buckets 0:18:50 What is Sourcing? 0:20:44 Summer Internship VC Experience 0:23:40 VC Recruiting Process 0:26:02 Act like You're already a Venture Investor 0:27:15 Timelines for VC Recruiting Process 0:30:24 Founders are Great Ways to get to VCs 0:32:52 IB/PE/Investing Background 0:34:24 Million Dollar Question: Operating vs. Straight to VC 0:37:23 VC From Consulting 0:44:24 How to Create Networking & Firm Lists 0:46:05 Three Things that Worked Well for Networking 0:48:22 Networking Keys: Tracking Deals in the Space 0:50:49 How Do you Add Value to a VC Professional in Recruiting Stage 0:53:44 Using Memo Samples in Email Outreach 0:55:50 What are VC Interviews Like? 0:57:08 Case Studies in VC Interviews 1:00:01 Differentiating in Interviews 1:03:52 Most Important Advice

Elevate's Fall 2021 Private Equity Recruiting x MBA Training, featured 500+ Attendees from Top 15+ MBA Universities, and all-star speakers: - Tim Lee, Vice President, GI Partners - Diego Novoa, Carlyle Group Private Equity - Matt Brown, Vice President, Shore Capital - Harshit Sohu, General Atlantic - Sharon Seh, Partners Group - Felix Bening, North Castle  0:02:28 Speaker Introductions 0:07:10 Elevate Overview 0:08:30 Overall PE Recruiting Process 0:11:00 PE Recruiting without prior PE Background 0:18:30 International Candidate Challenges 0:22:00 Networking Process 0:24:11 How to structure your networking lists? 0:28:08 Pitching an Investment Idea in a networking conversation 0:29:30 Pitching a Sector / Sub-sector Idea in a networking conversation 0:34:00 How to structure initial outreach emails 0:39:00 Private Equity Interview Process 0:42:00 Case Study Interviews & Prior Deal Interviews 0:44:00 How firms assess a cultural fit in interviews? 0:47:01 Operationally Focused Firms & Roles 0:49:20 Global & International Roles 0:52:00 Taking International Experiences and applying to US Firms 0:53:10 Sector expertise 0:57:30 Getting valuable in-School internships 0:59:40 Operationally Focused Interviews 1:02:13 Key Mistakes to Avoid 1:04:50 Most under-rated advice 1:06:33 Most important advice #privateequity #recruiting #mba #careers #finance #buyside #venturecapital #internship #wallstreet #investing #jobs #covid19 #university #workshop #training

Excited to welcome Top 3 Growth Investing Firms- TPG Growth, TCV, Warburg Pincus & 500+ Candidates to Elevate Career Network's Growth Equity Careers Event. Featuring all-star panel featuring Vice President Investment Professionals from top firms from TCV, TPG Growth & Warburg Pincus.  Audience Overview: - 500+ Top-Tier Candidates from 35+ Elevate Partner Universities and 50+ Investment Banking, Management Consulting & Investment Firms 0:00- Overview of Growth Equity Investing? 0:22- Audience Overview 3:03- Structure of Session 4:10- TCV Vice President, Rohit 4:46- TPG Growth Vice President, Tammie 6:01- Warburg Pincus Tech Investor, Sahil 7:20- What is Growth Equity Investing? - Rohit 12:44- Three things that investors do: Sourcing, Execution, Portfolio - and where Growth Equity sits in there - Tammie 14:33- Difference b/w GE & Buyouts - questions you ask in diligence 16:29- Outlook for Growth Equity & Technology industry going forward 23:56- Firm Overview: TCV 26:28- Firm Overview: Warburg Pincus 27:15- Firm Overview: TPG Growth 29:45- How do you work with your portfolio companies to drive value? What do you look for in management teams? 35:47- Overview of Buyside Recruiting Process - Technical, Sourcing & Relationship Building - Warburg Pincus 39:08- Overview of Buyside Recruiting Process - Three Things You must do & Interview Framework - TPG 42:56- Overview of Buyside Recruiting Process - Networking & What are Firms Looking For - TCV 47:48- Rapid Fire: Early Career Experiences for Growth Equity 49:00- Rapid Fire: Favorite Interview Question 51:15- Rapid Fire: Consulting to Growth Equity 52:24- Rapid Fire: Investment Banking to Private Equity #privateequity #recruiting #careers #finance #success #investmentbanking #investing #technology #network #venturecapital

Elevate's MBA Forum features Private Equity MBA leaders from HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Chicago Booth & Yale SOM and from: Blackstone, Apollo, General Atlantic, Francisco Partners, Onex, Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley. In addition, we have the admissions team on from Chicago Booth (#1-ranked, Forbes, #1-ranked, Economist, #3-ranked US News).  Deep-dive panel with 5 PE MBA leaders:  Mike, Wharton, Blackstone Private Equity Juliana, Chicago Booth, Apollo Private Equity Deepak, Stanford GSB, Francisco Partners Private Equity Etham, Harvard Business School, General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs Mike, Yale School of Management, Onex Partners, Morgan Stanley Elevate is the largest finance & investing platform in North America - 100% built by professionals, and is partnered with the top universities & firms. 0:00- Introduction to Elevate MBA & Private Equity Forum 2:29- Speaker Introductions: Mike (Wharton), Deepak (Stanford GSB), Etham (HBS), Juliana (Booth) and Mike (Yale SOM) 6:20- Motivations behind pursuing an MBA from a Career in Private Equity - Deepak, Stanford GSB 7:17- Personal Development (Commanding boardroom, EQ) & Professional Development - Mike, Wharton 8:26- Unique experiences in Business School from people of all sorts of backgrounds and from all over the world) - Juliana, Booth 9:45- Exploring various career paths & meet unique people - Etham, HBS 11:13- Optionality of B-School - Mike, Yale SOM 13:14- How to differentiate yourself from other Finance / Banking / Investing people applying to MBA - Deepak, Stanford GSB 15:40- How to stand out on your daily jobs - showing initiative, leadership - can differentiate you - Juliana, Chicago Booth 17:45- Important to narrate your story and connect the different paths you have done - Etham, HBS 19:34- Demonstrating why you passionate about being a better leader of society - Mike, Yale SOM 20:38- Authenticity is critical in explaining "Why MBA?" - Mike, Wharton 22:29- Measuring whether to get an MBA by just the cost of the MBA is short-sighted - Mike, Yale 23:13- The totality of the MBA experience, network and mindset is hard to measure in just dollars / cost - Juliana, Booth 24:40- ROI depends on person: what do you want to remember looking back 20 years from now? - Deepak, Stanford, GSB 26:20- As you become more senior in investing, sourcing become the most important part of any job - so value on your networks is immense - Etham, HBS 28:20- Need to take long-term perspective beyond a 2-year payback - Mike, Wharton 30:57- Think about whether you want to pursue an MBA once you start working - Deepak, Stanford GSB 32:40- Talk to people who are getting MBAs at different points in your career - Juliana, Booth 34:03- Advice to Canadians trying to break into careers in US - Mike, Yale SOM 35:24- Balancing MBA applications during working - Deepak, Stanford GSB 36:45- You just have to make it happen - stressful but use time management skills - Etham, HBS 37:55- Moving from being an Engineer to Finance to Banking to Private Equity - combination of networking, prep and luck - Etham, HBS 39:55- MBA Essays Advice: Connect stories, limit number of reviewers - Mike, Wharton 41:25- MBA Essays: What is the central theme of your experiences - and build story around that - Juliana, Booth 45:32- MBA Applications: Creating a packet of your accomplishments for your recommenders; put effort into application as much as essay - Deepak, Stanford GSB 47:40- Recruiting during MBA - as with any buy-side recruiting is challenging - Mike, Wharton 52:30- Rapid Fire: Best classes taken in Business School - All panelists 54:30- Rapid Fire: One thing you wish you had done more of earlier pre-MBA - All panelists #mba #privateequity #wallstreet #finance #careers #goldmansachs #morganstanley #blackstone #apollo #generalatlantic

Elevate Career Network's MBA Forum features Private Equity MBA leaders from HBS, Wharton, Stanford, Chicago Booth & Yale SOM and from: Blackstone, Apollo, General Atlantic, Francisco Partners, Onex, Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley. In addition, we have the admissions team on from Chicago Booth (#1-ranked, Forbes, #1-ranked, Economist, #3-ranked US News).  Part 1 of the Forum features an all-access, behind-the-scenes sessions with admissions officer from top-ranked Chicago Booth on the most important things to know about the MBA process - from the person who is actually reading your applications and essays.  We're joined by John Lim, Assistant Director at Chicago Booth's Admissions - in charge of all things admissions as it relates to undergrads and part of the overall admissions team. At Elevate, we are excited to partner with the top MBA schools like Chicago Booth (#1-ranked, Economist, #1-ranked, Forbes, #3-ranked US News)! 0:00 - Introduction to Elevate PE & MBA Forum 2:20 - Meet Chicago Booth Admissions Officer, John Lim 3:40 - 3 things that differentiates candidates: Knowledge / enthusiasm of school and how it will help your goals vs. generic goals (being specific); Coaching your recommenders on how you're positioning your candidacy; How do you envision contributing to the community (what interesting things do you bring?) 6:53 - Increasing interest in Deferred MBA Program: Most top MBA schools have this option now; gives candidates optionality to apply during college and upon admission, defer for 2-5 years of work experience before starting MBA 10:10 - Best practices on how to engage your recommenders 13:01 - What happens behind scenes in Admissions Committee Room: (1) Adcom looks for areas that mitigate the yellow/red flags (i.e. if low GPA, Adcom looks for technical skills in work experience or recommender / manager speaking to applicant's on-the-job learning/impact) (2) Why MBA and why this school? 18:35 - How do you differentiate as a Finance/IB/PE candidate: How do you build community and "who are you outside of work?" 21:23 - What if you get rejected? It doesn't impact next admissions - in fact, sometimes, it bolsters interest in MBA and adcom looks at how you've grown since application 24:23 - How will you benefit from classes - make it personal and specific while showcasing your own interest - we want to learn more about you and that you've done your research and it's a good fit Elevate is the largest finance & investing platform in North America - 100% built by professionals, and is partnered with the top universities & firms. #mba #finance #booth #hbs #wharton #stanfordgsb #yale #colleges #graduate #business #careers #privateequity

Oaktree Capital Managing Director & Head of North America Sourcing & Origination, Milwood Hobbs, Jr. on the Elevate platform - with Elevate founder, Kaushik Ravi  (6+ year Goldman Sachs VP & Director in PE). We cover a range of topics - including Overview of Milwood's career & lessons learned, Overview of Oaktree and what makes it a special for him, how to develop an investor's mindset, how to think about growth vs. credit investing, evolution of the credit markets, what Oaktree looks for in candidates, and Q&A from the audience of students & professionals.  Elevate Network is the largest finance & investing career platform in North America, partnered up with the top 35+ undergraduate and top 10+ MBA programs. We've featured professionals from the top 50+ Private Equity, Hedge Fund, Investing, Venture Capital and Investment Banking firms in the world.  For more resources, check out elevatelab.org