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Package Description:
I cold emailed my way into Goldman Sachs. I cold emailed my way into coffee chats with bankers who had no reason to respond. I even cold emailed Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki and they said yes with a simple template. Cold outreach is the single most underrated skill in IB recruiting and almost nobody teaches it properly. Most candidates send generic LinkedIn messages that get ignored. I will show you exactly how to write emails that get opened, get responses, and get you in the room. What we cover: • The exact template structure that gets responses from busy bankers • How to research and target the right people at the right firms • Subject lines that get opened • How to follow up without being annoying • How to convert a cold email into a coffee chat into a referral into an offer • Real examples from my own outreach that worked
What you'll get from this package
A proven cold email template and subject line formula you can use immediately for banker outreach
A step-by-step follow-up sequence to convert a cold email into a coffee chat into a referral
Real examples from outreach that successfully landed responses from Goldman Sachs and other top firms
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
Services included:
Skill Building
Investment Banking Strategy
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I broke into Goldman Sachs investment banking without a finance degree. Here's how I did it. I started in biotech investor relations at one of the most active boutique IR firms in the country, advising on some of the busiest biotech IPOs during the record breaking 2020 boom year. From there I moved to Wells Fargo Securities investment banking in the REGAL group covering Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging. I worked on landmark deals including Aristocrat's $3.7B acquisition of Playtech and MGM's $3.9B sale of CityCenter, advising institutional clients like Blackstone, VICI Properties, Red Rock Resorts and Bally's. Then I lateraled to Goldman Sachs TMT and Consumer where I was exclusive buy-side advisor on Amazon's $3.9B acquisition of One Medical and Amazon's $1.7B acquisition of iRobot. I also worked on transactions for Nike, Starbucks and Nordstrom. I help two types of people. First, non-traditional candidates including non-finance majors, non-target school students and career switchers who feel like the door is closed. I got in without a finance degree and I know exactly how to position your story to get past the gatekeepers. Second, analysts at regional or middle market banks who want to lateral up to Goldman, Morgan Stanley or top boutiques. I made that exact move and I know what it takes on both sides of the table. If you think your background disqualifies you, it probably does not. Mine almost did and I found a way through anyway.
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