Advice with GCI: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Advice with GCI! A Georgetown Collegiate Investors product and a podcast with only one tradition: asking each guest for their most unconventional advice.
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What does an MD actually do? What is the best way to handle a tough conversation? What is the role of happiness in an analyst's life? Advice with GCI interviews Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, Feroz Khosla.
How do you apply to a job with a vague description? Are job requirements really that strict? Intern From Home co-founder, Chuck Isgar, joins us to share tips about navigating job applications, trends in the VC world, and advice on time management.
The GCI Podcast is back! Our first episode this season features an internship debrief by our Board. Find out what surprised them the most about their internship experience, good (and bad) advice they received, tips for interviewing, and more...
Our new Quickfire series consists of, you guessed it, quickfire questions! Our first guest is Phil Salandra, a GCI alum, who details the ins and outs of senior recruiting (should you ever need it) as well as what a career in Fixed Income Research looks like.
25 years ago, Eric Jordan co-founded Georgetown Collegiate Investors, LLC. Now, he's the Head of Global Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs. Tune in to hear the most important lesson Eric learned from building GCI, what he now notices as a senior at Goldman, his advice on quality leadership (and pizza), and more!
How does chess relate to investing? How does one successfully navigate the Wild West of microcap companies & their management teams? Connor is the Founder and Managing Partner of Alta Fox Capital, an incredibly successful long/short fund focusing on small-micro cap stocks. In 2020, Alta Fox Capital was up 130% net and has compounded at 60%+ net annualized since inception in 2018. Tune in to learn the strategies behind Alta Fox Capital's success.
Should you ever invest in bankrupt companies? Should you really avoid falling knives? What relationship does academia have to the world of finance? Tune in to hear what the impressive Katherine Waldock, who focuses on bankruptcy research, has to say and be sure to stay for her experiences at Lehman Brothers in 2008!
After completing two years at an investment bank, Michael transitioned to private equity. Tune in to hear his comparison of the two fields, his tips on getting comfortable with networking as well as interviewing for both IB & PE, and his reflections on Georgetown now that he is three years out!
How can finance guide our personal decision making? Can you equate happiness to a stock price? Our latest guest is BFM Prof. Vladimir Mukharlyamov interviewed by GCI sector head Nick Giangiordano.
What is the best way to market yourself, according to a marketing professor? Cost-benefit of siloing departments of a company? How important is it to tolerate rebellion? Learn this and more from the founder of marketing consulting firm, Big Picture Partners, and professor of Marketing, Dr. Christie Nordhielm!
How beneficial is an MBA when you have an undergrad business degree? What does a Warren Buffet valuation look like? Our latest guest is MBA Professor Arthur Dong, a professor of economic, financial, and managerial strategy at Georgetown's MBA program! And stay tuned till the end when Professor Dong details his harrowing experiences doing business in post-Soviet Russia...
Pros and cons of value investing? How is COVID-19 affecting GCI? Learn this and more in a knowledge-packed discussion with our past CIO, Alex Jaros, and our current CIO, Michael Keane!
Get the inside scoop on what GCI's COO, Andrew Siegelin, looks out for when interviewing candidates as well as plenty of advice on summer internships and networking!
Ever wondered what it's like to be a GCI board member? Learn how Jeff evaluates stock pitches as well as what goes on in GCI behind closed doors!
Get to know GCI's Chief Marketing Officer, Lily Toto! Topics covered: Lily's experiences interviewing and some tips you might not have thought of for networking events!
Listen till the end for bloopers! A motivating podcast that covers advice for the internship search and how GCI's Chief Training Officer, James McCarey, got into investing!
What does a CEO actually do? Find out while getting to know GCI's CEO, Eman Rahman! Topics covered include career advice, funny internship stories, and cops showing up to a film set...