Writing
Two streams. One on how investing and consulting actually work, one on getting into them.
- Investing & Strategy
What a commercial due diligence is really checking
Buyers think they are buying the model. They are usually buying an assumption about customer behaviour that nobody has tested.
- Careers
The case interview tests structure, not frameworks
Memorised frameworks are why strong candidates plateau. What the interviewer is grading is something narrower.
- Investing & Strategy
The work starts after the wire clears
Value creation in venture is mostly unglamorous: introductions, hiring, and getting the next round started nine months early.
- Careers
Your resume gets eight seconds. Most of it is spent on the wrong lines
Bullets that describe the task instead of the result are the single most common reason a strong profile gets screened out.
- Careers
MBA essays fail on generality, not on ambition
The committee has read your achievements before. What they have not read is the reasoning behind them.