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Start Now: Building an Excellent Law School Application

If you’re planning to apply to law school, the strongest applications start taking shape months before the deadline. This session is designed for future applicants who want to use the early timeline strategically—before essays, recommendations, and school lists become a last-minute scramble. You’ll learn how to start building a compelling application foundation, clarify the story your materials should tell, and prioritize the steps that matter most in the months leading up to submissions.

How to Build a Strong MBA Application from Start to Finish

Starting an MBA application can feel overwhelming when there are so many moving pieces and no clear roadmap. This session is for applicants who want to understand how to approach the process from start to finish with a thoughtful, structured strategy. You’ll learn how to evaluate your profile, build a strong school list, and develop a cohesive narrative across essays, recommendations, and interviews.

Why You Didn’t Get Into a PhD Program (And How to Fix It Before December)

Not getting into a PhD program can be frustrating—especially when it’s unclear what held your application back. This session is designed for reapplicants and first-time applicants who want to understand how admissions committees actually evaluate candidates and where strong profiles fall short. You’ll learn how to diagnose weaknesses in your application, strengthen your research narrative, and make targeted improvements before the next round of deadlines.

Slash Commands for AI Applications and Terminal

Learn what slash commands are, how they work, and what commands you'll use most when working with agents like Claude.

3 AI Skills to Land Your Job in ... The Semiconductor Industry

Some people assume semiconductors are invisible: microscopic circuits, abstract specifications, products too small to see. In a sense, that is true. And yet the industry behind them is as physical as manufacturing gets. Cleanrooms where a single particle of dust is an unacceptable defect. Machines costing hundreds of millions of dollars, operated by teams with years of specialized training. Processes requiring a level of precision that makes most other industries look approximate. These are tangible products in the most demanding sense: you cannot hold a chip between your fingers the way you hold a seal or a grease, but the physical constraints that govern its production are absolute. I spent more than 10 years working with the semiconductor industry, familiar with its major players and their exacting requirements. There is something genuinely satisfying about contributing to miniaturization generation after generation: smartphones that fit in a pocket, supercomputers that keep accelerating, electronics that the modern world depends on without a second thought. You can be a substantial part of that evolution. This Tuesday session covers the semiconductor industry: one of the fastest-moving, most capital-intensive, and most precision-driven sectors on the planet. We will discuss three specific AI skills that are changing what hiring managers expect, and how you can demonstrate them before you walk into an interview. If you want a career where the tangible product you help create sets the pace for everything else, this session is for you.

Frontend Design Skill

"/frontend-design" creates distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with bold aesthetic direction, intentional typography, animation, and spatial composition. It generates working HTML/CSS/JS or React code that avoids generic AI aesthetics. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/frontend-design-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/frontend-design/

How to Master Marketing Behavioral Interviews

Many marketing candidates struggle with behavioral interviews, not because they lack strong experiences, but because they haven’t learned how to present those experiences clearly and convincingly. This session is designed for candidates pursuing marketing roles who want to understand how interviewers evaluate behavioral answers and what separates average responses from memorable ones. You’ll learn how to structure stories using a clear framework, highlight measurable impact, and answer common marketing interview questions in a way that demonstrates strategic thinking and collaboration.

What You Need to Have Ready Before Medical School Applications Open

Medical school applications move quickly once the cycle opens, and applicants who prepare early are often the ones who submit the strongest materials. This session is for future applicants who want to understand what should already be in place before the application even opens. You’ll learn how to prepare your activities and clinical experiences, organize recommendation letters, and start shaping a personal narrative that reflects what admissions committees value.

The Unwritten Rules of Job Search Networking

"Cheat Sheet" from webinar on The Unwritten Rules of Job Search Networking

Inside Private Equity: Ask a PE Founder and Former BlackRock Director Anything

Private equity can be hard to break into and even harder to fully understand from the outside. This session is for candidates who want a candid look into the industry from someone who has operated at a high level and built their own firm. You’ll learn how private equity professionals think about investing, what the day-to-day actually involves, and how candidates can better position themselves for roles in the field.

PE 101: Technical Interview Essentials

Private equity technical interviews are demanding, and many candidates struggle to know which skills actually matter most. This session is for candidates looking to strengthen their PE interview performance with a clear, focused approach. You’ll learn how to navigate core technical topics like LBOs and deal mechanics, structure your thinking under pressure, and avoid the common mistakes that can cost you credibility in interviews.

How to Start a Career in Strategy & Operations

Breaking into Strategy & Operations roles can feel unclear—titles vary, expectations differ by company, and it’s not always obvious how to position your background. This session is for students and early-career professionals who want to understand how to break into S&O and what hiring teams actually look for. You’ll learn how to translate your experience into relevant skills, build a targeted recruiting strategy, and position yourself for roles across startups, tech companies, and larger organizations.

Building an AI Knowledge Wiki

Structure your context files so your AI agent always has the right information, retrieves it without guessing, and gives you specific answers instead of generic ones.

Build Your First AI Agent

AI agents are quickly becoming one of the most practical ways to automate workflows, but many people aren’t sure how to actually build one from scratch. This session is for builders and professionals who want hands-on guidance in creating their first AI agent. You’ll learn how to define a clear use case, connect tools and data sources, and design workflows that reliably execute tasks with minimal oversight.

Marketing Psychology Skill

"/marketing-psychology" applies psychological principles, mental models, and behavioral science to marketing. This skill covers persuasion, pricing psychology, buyer behavior, and growth frameworks with specific marketing applications for each. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/marketing-psychology-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/marketing-psychology/

Non-US Elite MBA Pathways: INSEAD, HKUST & IESE

This session moves beyond school rankings to give you the strategic framework for building a truly global career. Join cross-cultural career coach Caolan Hunter (ex-On, Ogilvy) to learn how to integrate your career, education, and long-term life goals into a coherent international strategy. We will start by exploring the specific pathways offered by elite non-US business schools like INSEAD, HKUST, and IESE, using them as a lens to understand the bigger picture of strategic mobility. By the end of this session, you will stop thinking “US or nothing” and leave with a concrete, strategic shortlist of serious non-US MBA targets aligned with visa reality, your career goals, and your risk tolerance. Learning Objectives: What You Will Learn 1. The Real Global MBA Landscape: Understand the true power centers of business education beyond the United States and how they offer distinct advantages. 2. Visa & Post-Study Work Reality: Decode the practical realities of post-MBA life in Europe and Asia, focusing specifically on post-study work rights, the ease of corporate hiring for international graduates, and viable pathways to long-term residency. 3. Strategic Career Positioning: Learn how hiring logic differs from the US and why the smaller, more international cohorts at these schools can provide stronger access. We’ll explain where non-US MBAs over-perform, particularly in sectors like luxury, consulting, sustainability, finance, and deep tech. Key Outcomes: What You Will Walk Away With 1. A Reframed Worldview: You'll gain a new understanding of INSEAD, HKUST, and IESE not as "alternatives," but as premier, strategic choices for a global career. 2. Visa & Employability Clarity: You'll have clear, actionable insights into the post-MBA visa and employment landscape in Europe and Asia, ensuring your school choice leads to a real career outcome. 3. A Personal Viable Pathway Map: You will leave with the tools to build a personal map connecting your background to the right program and region, aligning your education with your long-term life goals. 4. Strategic Confidence: You will have the confidence and evidence to know that for many career paths, a non-US MBA is a strategic advantage, not a second-tier option.

The AI Skillset That Gives PM Candidates an Edge

AI is rapidly becoming part of the product manager’s toolkit, and candidates who understand how to apply it thoughtfully are starting to stand out in hiring processes. This session is for aspiring and current PMs who want to understand which AI skills actually matter and how to incorporate them into their product thinking. You’ll learn how PMs are using AI in real product workflows, which capabilities hiring managers are beginning to value, and how to demonstrate AI fluency in interviews and projects.

BossGPT: Using AI to Level Up Your Leadership

Unlock the power of AI to elevate your leadership skills in our upcoming event, "BossGPT: Using AI to Level Up Your Leadership." Join me as we explore how AI can enhance decision-making, communication, and leadership development. In this interactive session, we will focus on: * Recognizing prompting as the foundation of all influence — whether with people or AI. * Assessing your current prompting maturity and identify opportunities. * Prompting tactics that can free up time, enhance decision-making, & better support your team. * Envision the future of AI-human collaboration and how to position yourself for the next evolution of management. About Jeff: With over two decades of experience in marketing and leadership roles, including serving as Vice President at Cracker Barrel and Ahold Delhaize, I bring a wealth of knowledge to this session. As the author of "The Middle Matters," I specialize in empowering leaders at every level of organizations to drive business growth and build trust through innovative strategies. Whether you're a seasoned executive or an aspiring leader, this event will provide you with actionable insights to transform your leadership approach.

Startup Financial Modeling Skill

"/startup-financial-modeling" will build comprehensive 3-5 year financial models for early-stage startups, covering cohort-based revenue projections, cost structure, burn rate, runway, headcount planning, and fundraising scenario analysis. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/startup-financial-modeling-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/startup-financial-modeling/

Using AI to Build a Stronger Private Equity Profile

AI can be a powerful tool for building a stronger private equity profile, but most candidates aren’t sure how to use it in a way that actually adds signal. This session is for aspiring PE candidates who want to leverage AI to sharpen their experience, materials, and overall positioning. You’ll learn how to use AI to refine your resume and deal narratives, deepen your investment thinking, and build differentiated projects that demonstrate real investor judgment.