by Jaclyn Richard | Sep 6, 2022 | Insights, Investment
“Trust me. I know a guy.” While we’ve heard this line too many times before, the cliche harbors a core truth of the private sector: relationships are usually what makes all the difference. And while our own close relationships tend to max out at a hundred and fifty...
by Jaclyn Richard | Aug 30, 2022 | Insights
If you’re an investment banker, you’re paid to make good decisions. And like in any other decisionmaking career, it’s about a solid process and the instinct to make that process work. Let’s talk about how to balance those two things. In some jobs, you’re...
by Jaclyn Richard | Jul 18, 2022 | Insights, Investment
Next to someone who once taught calculus, or someone like who read thousands of spreadsheets and predicted the 2007 housing crash, even the most confident can feel like a klutz with numbers. But if you work in investing or finance, or even if you do the occasional...
by Jaclyn Richard | Jul 5, 2022 | Insights, Investment
Long before Breaking Bad’s Walter White goes from grading chemistry tests to grinding up sinus relief tablets in a crummy RV for his first meth cook, he takes a buyout… and regrets it. We learn that back in grad school, Walt and a friend started Gray Matter...
by Jaclyn Richard | Jul 1, 2022 | Insights, Investment
When the heat’s on, will your finance partner have your back? Or will they buckle, and leave the relationship—not to mention your business—melting everywhere like some billion-dollar celebrity split? Even if it’s not dive bombing, a business relationship that’s just...
