In this episode, I interview Connor Crandall, who went from Brigham Young University to investment banking at J.P. Morgan and to private equity at Warburg Pincus.

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⏱Timestamps⏱
0:00 Introduction
00:02:01 Overview of background
00:02:36 Breaking into investment banking
00:03:49 Approach to securing internships early
00:07:02 Early investments
00:09:00 Decision to pursue PE
00:10:02 Recommended financial resources
00:10:45 Coping with banking challenges
00:11:50 Daily life as an investment banking analyst
00:14:50 Preparing for investment banking
00:16:00 Difference between working in small vs large teams
00:18:18 Adjusting to banking's demands
00:20:20 Recruiting resources for banking
00:21:30 Interest in healthcare
00:23:27 Oncycle vs offcycle recruiting for PE
00:23:47 How to choose PE firms
00:27:09 Role of headhunters in PE recruiting
00:29:58 Why Warburg was Connor's top choice
00:33:15 Preparing for PE interviews
00:37:37 Warburg's investment strategy
00:39:39 Criteria for evaluating investments
00:41:49 Insights into a specific PE investment process
00:47:47 Walking through a PE deal
00:49:24 Favorite part of the job in PE
00:50:40 What made PE worth it
00:51:44 Surprises and challenges in PE
00:53:54 Involvement in portfolio companies postacquisition
01:02:38 Advice for aspiring finance professionals
01:04:13 Personal lessons from PE
01:07:07 Overcoming mistakes
01:08:00 AI's impact on private equity
01:12:21 Reasons for pursuing an MBA
01:14:50 Why growth equity as next step
01:19:24 Alternate universe
01:19:55 Influential mentor
01:21:30 Advice to younger self
01:23:01 Outro

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