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Can Someone Help Me |
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thanks a lot |
| Date Posted: |
04/17/2001 |
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I guarantee you that any successful private equity investor NEVER asked the question "How far do you think I can go?"...
Let me clue you in. Your resume and educational background are fine - some folks in PE have better, some are worse. Don't waste your time chasing a slew of idiotic professional designations (CFA, CPA, Law degree etc.) just to "pump" you up. You'll successfully impress the wrong people - all the pretenders who've never built value but hide behind their pedigree. Yes, we know who you are.
If you want to impress the right people, force your way into the industry by being the smartest, hardest working, most valuable addition to a deal team. There are too many young guys out there who feel that they deserve to be in private equity at the firm of their choice because they went to Harvard undergrad, spent two years at Goldman as a peon analyst, Stanford MBA and two years at McKinsey. NFW.
In answer to your original query - quit worrying about the nonessential crap, analyze your best entry point and take your shot. And if you get rejected, try again. Or you can wait for the leading venture firms to finally realize that YOU are the critical addition to their firm that they have been missing.
Show some balls. Go as far as you want.... |
| Message: |
this is great advice...thanks for taking time out to think through this and help me out. i'll take your advice.
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