Leland+ Content Library

Empowering Your Team / Organization with AI [5/21/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you will know how to build a practical AI adoption strategy for your team, identify where AI creates real leverage in your workflows, and avoid the implementation mistakes that stall most organizations before they see results. We will cover how to assess your team's readiness, choose the right tools for your specific context, and create internal buy-in that actually holds. Attending live means you can bring your specific situation, whether you are leading a small team or a large organization, and get a direct answer grounded in your context rather than a general one. The coach works on AI transformation strategy with organizations regularly, and this session reflects how they actually think through these decisions with clients.

Pathways to Successful Consulting Recruiting

​Join us for a consulting recruiting workshop led by Leland coach Ian G, an ex-BCG + Stern Alum who aced all 8 of his strategy consulting interviews and has now gone on to help 500+ candidates land their dream consulting job. In this session, Ian will lay out the entire preparation pathway for how you can set yourself up for success when applying to consulting firms.

LLM Prompts: Land Consulting Interviews

Leverage AI with these powerful LLM prompts to supercharge your management consulting job hunt and land top-tier interviews.

The Year-End Review Playbook

Most professionals approach the year-end review passively and leave the outcome to chance. This guide covers the full process high performers use: building a documented case throughout the year, writing a self-assessment for the calibration room (not just your manager’s inbox), preparing your manager to advocate for you in the room you’re not in, and using the review conversation to set the terms for next year. Includes before/after self-assessment examples and exact language for the conversations most people avoid.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

How to Structure Any Case

After this session, you'll know how to walk into any case with a clear framework for structuring your thinking from the first 30 seconds. We'll cover how to identify which structure fits a given prompt, how to avoid the most common structural mistakes I see candidates make in live interviews, and how to communicate your logic in a way that signals business intuition rather than memorized templates.

Cold Emails That Land Warm

Most cold partnership emails fail before the second sentence and it's not because the sender lacks a good product, but because they lead with themselves instead of the person they're writing to. This guide is built from real outreach across nearly two decades of building companies in food, wellness, experiential events, and matchmaking. It covers six partnership types: brand-to-brand, venue and experiential, distribution and retail, media and press, investor introductions, and sponsors and collaborators with two copy-paste templates per section and a bonus section of real emails from actual deals, with breakdowns of exactly why each one landed. Built for early-stage founders sending their first partnership emails. No theory. No generic advice. Just the structure that works.

Financial Aid for International Students

Scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, Prodigy/MPower loans, sponsorship options

Investment Banking 101: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis [7/13/2026] (Recording)

This session is designed for rising college sophomores. We will walk through a DCF from first principles, using a simple business example to understand how investors estimate future cash flows and convert them into a present-day valuation. Students will learn the intuition behind each component of a DCF. The goal is not to memorize formulas, but to understand why a DCF works and how finance professionals use it to determine what a business is worth. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Understand the key components of a DCF model. Explain the concept of discounting future cash flows. Understand how assumptions impact valuation. Calculate a basic DCF valuation. Interpret the results of a DCF analysis. Prerequisite: Familiarity with basic income statement concepts is recommended, but no prior modeling experience is required.

The Insider’s Playbook: A Structured Approach to Breaking Into Venture [8/28/2026] (Recording)

The Insider’s Playbook: A Structured Approach to Breaking Into Venture Breaking into venture capital often feels like trying to enter a closed room without a key. In this interactive livestream, we will demystify the VC recruitment process and provide a step-by-step roadmap to land your dream role. What You’ll Learn: The Recruitment Landscape: How VC hiring actually works behind closed doors. Building a Standout Thesis: How to source, evaluate, and present investment ideas that get noticed. Networking Strategy: Actionable ways to build genuine relationships with venture partners and decision-makers. Action Plan: Proven frameworks to structure your job search, hone your narrative, and ace the interview. Whether you are a student, career switcher, founder, or operator looking to transition to the buy-side, this session will equip you with a concrete strategy to break into VC.

How a Deferred MBA Changed My Life [9/17/2026] (Recording)

A deferred MBA can give college students and early-career professionals the opportunity to secure a future spot in business school while continuing to build their careers. This session is designed for students considering deferred MBA programs who want to understand what the process looks like and how the experience can shape their career path. You’ll hear how the speaker approached the application, made the most of the years before enrolling, and navigated the transition from college to business school. Attending live gives you the opportunity to ask questions about deferred MBA programs and hear firsthand how the experience played out beyond the application itself. The speaker will share practical lessons from their own journey, including what they would recommend to students considering the deferred route. If you’re weighing whether a deferred MBA is right for you, it’s worth joining live.

The Right MBA, Not the Same MBA: Uncovering Program Nuance [6/3/2026] (Recording)

Not all MBA programs are created equal, and treating them interchangeably is one of the most common mistakes applicants make. This session will examine the subtle but important differences across top business schools, from culture and academic philosophy to recruiting strengths and leadership development models. Attendees will learn how to assess fit more thoughtfully and how to leverage program-specific nuance to build stronger school lists and more tailored applications.

Inside Deferred Admissions: AMA with a Founder of the HBS 2+2 Program

Few people understand Deferred MBA admissions better than Kerry P., who helped launch the Harvard Business School 2+2 Program and has since guided countless candidates into top deferred programs. In this exclusive AMA, Kerry will pull back the curtain on how Deferred MBA programs really evaluate applicants — from what schools look for in undergraduates to how they assess potential and fit.

Ace Your Consulting Case Interviews

After this session, you'll know how to structure your thinking under pressure, what separates a good case answer from a strong one, and how to handle the moments where candidates most often lose the interviewer. We'll cover the specific frameworks that hold up across McKinsey, BCG, and Bain formats, and how to communicate your reasoning in a way that signals real business intuition rather than rehearsed templates.

Complete MBA Step-by-Step Application Plan, Timeline & Checklist

Applying to business school can feel like juggling too many balls at once: endless information, countless to-dos, and constant second-guessing about what really matters. In this session, MBA admissions coach M will share the structured system she uses to help applicants cut through the noise, stay motivated, and make steady progress toward their goals. Bonus: You’ll also hear directly from Vandit, an Indian applicant currently in the middle of his own journey, who will share an international perspective and what it feels like to apply these tools in real-time. The MBA Identity Mapping process has guided 100+ applicants into every M7 program, all other top 20 U.S. programs, and leading international options like INSEAD, London Business School, IESE, Esade, Oxford, Cambridge, and HEC Paris. Clients consistently say it’s transformative, not only does it uncover the deeper patterns, values, and defining experiences that set you apart, it also organizes your journey into manageable steps that reduce stress and build confidence. By the end of this workshop, you’ll walk away with a clear action plan, a realistic timeline/schedule, and a practical checklist to keep you organized and on track from start to finish.

Term Sheets 101 - For First Time Founders

Are you a first-time founder navigating the complex world of venture capital and fundraising? Join me for "Term Sheets 101" where we'll demystify the essentials of term sheets and equip you with the knowledge to confidently engage with investors - decoding the term sheet so you don't get burned on your first raise. By the end of the event, you'll understand valuation, dilution, liquidation preferences, and protective provisions - which are all critical terms that affect your company for years. With a background as a Stanford entrepreneurship instructor and founder of Stanford’s Education Entrepreneurship Hub, I've guided numerous entrepreneurs in securing their first term sheets and then scaling their ventures nationally >> globally. My experience spans founding, operating, investing, and ecosystem building, providing a comprehensive perspective on entrepreneurship.

Term Sheets 101 - For First Time Founders

Are you a first-time founder navigating the complex world of venture capital and fundraising? Join me for "Term Sheets 101" where we'll demystify the essentials of term sheets and equip you with the knowledge to confidently engage with investors - decoding the term sheet so you don't get burned on your first raise. By the end of the event, you'll understand valuation, dilution, liquidation preferences, and protective provisions - which are all critical terms that affect your company for years. With a background as a Stanford entrepreneurship instructor and founder of Stanford’s Education Entrepreneurship Hub, I've guided numerous entrepreneurs in securing their first term sheets and then scaling their ventures nationally >> globally. My experience spans founding, operating, investing, and ecosystem building, providing a comprehensive perspective on entrepreneurship.

Build an Exclusive Lead Engine: From Public Signals to Sales-Ready Leads [9/19/2026] (Recording)

Most teams do not have a lead-volume problem, they have a signal-quality, timing, and follow-up problem. In this practical session, I’ll show you how to design a first-party lead engine that monitors legitimate public signals, turns raw records into sales-ready opportunities, and routes qualified leads into a human-owned sales workflow. You will learn how to evaluate data sources, score records for actionability, prevent duplicates, set up review gates, and measure whether the system produces pipeline—not just spreadsheet rows. This is for founders, agency owners, revenue operators, and professional-services teams that want an alternative to buying generic lists or relying entirely on rising paid-media costs.

Interview Insider: Decode the Hiring Manager [7/14/2026] (Recording)

You prepared for a Q&A session. The hiring manager is looking for a business solution. That gap is why great candidates get rejected without feedback, and it's the focus of Interview Insider: Decode the Hiring Manager. Here's what we'll cover: - The Feedback Void: Why great candidates get rejected, and what's actually happening behind the scenes. - The Hiring Manager Mindset: You're speaking to two audiences. The recruiter is the gatekeeper, focused on mitigating risk. The hiring manager is the decision maker, focused on solving a specific team pain point. Both need to see measurable impact. - Impactful Storytelling: The STAR method, but architected for impact. Keep the Situation to 10% of your answer. Use owner verbs like Architected, Engineered, Negotiated, Scaled. Every Result must include a number, because if there's no metric, there's no result. - Decoding "Hidden" Questions: What "Tell me about a time you failed" and "Why are you leaving your current role" are actually asking, and how to answer the question behind the question. - The Offer Call: The Triple Win negotiation strategy across financial, lifestyle, and growth. How to use market data instead of "I want," and the golden rule for handling any offer. - Q&A: Bring your specific interview hurdles. Come ready with your toughest interview questions for the Q&A.

How to Get Off of an MBA Waitlist

Most waitlisted candidates wait passively and hope for the best. The ones who get admitted have a strategy. This guide shows you exactly how to build yours, from reflecting on application weaknesses to structuring your waitlist essay to demonstrating new growth that gives adcoms a reason to convert you.

Guide to Negotiating MBA Scholarships

Everything is negotiable, including your MBA scholarship. This guide walks you through the full strategy for increasing your award, from leveraging competing offers to highlighting recent achievements to following up effectively, plus four plug-and-play email templates covering the most common scenarios so you can negotiate with confidence.