Washington DC
Startup
Last Conversation: 12/19
- Was in Brookfield in DC, now working on own thing
- Think about startup vs large company
- There are many startups in NYC eager to hire ex-bankers
Be careful with who is running the show at a given tech firm — engineers or business development folks
- Majored in Econ and civil engineering
- worked for Goldman IB REGLL
- made jump to bayside at Apollo at their real estate fun
- private real estate deals
- Norges bank, sovereign wealth fund (Norway)
- 1 trillion dollar government fund
- divided into equities, debt, and real estate
- real estate is large single asset deals
- Advice
- keep in mind if investment banking is for you
- learn as much as you can from banking
- do a good job in your current job
- its a small industry
- if people think you are a hard worker they will be a mentor to you and a point of reference
- use the Duke network
- how to you maintain a personal life?
- study for the GMAT