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15 Aug 2016, 23:01
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Hi Jon,
Appreciate your help in evaluation of my profile for an MBA. Age: 29 at matriculation. Indian male.
1) GMAT: Haven't taken it yet. Let's say 680-700
2) Undergrad: Top public university (Finance major)
3) Work Experience: 5.5 yrs at matriculation
a) 1 year in internal consulting within an Insurance giant in NYC
b) 4.5 years in a Venture Capital (200M) investing digital tech in Asia & Europe (based out of Singapore)
c) Currently a Principal at the firm started as an Analyst. Rapid career progression due to adding incremental value to the firm.
d) Achieved over 300MM+ in exits of portfolio firms.
e) Operationally worked with C-level management to devise strategies.
I have equity in the firm and as a condition of it, I had to stay at the firm for the last 3 years to earn my payout. My payout scheduled in March 2017. I am looking to take some time off from work and decided pursuing an MBA could be worth the investment.
I would appreciate feedback if I have any chance of making it to these schools with my profile.
2 yr MBA: Stanford/Harvard/Wharton
1 yr MBA: INSEAD
Thanks!
Best,
SM
Appreciate your help in evaluation of my profile for an MBA. Age: 29 at matriculation. Indian male.
1) GMAT: Haven't taken it yet. Let's say 680-700
2) Undergrad: Top public university (Finance major)
3) Work Experience: 5.5 yrs at matriculation
a) 1 year in internal consulting within an Insurance giant in NYC
b) 4.5 years in a Venture Capital (200M) investing digital tech in Asia & Europe (based out of Singapore)
c) Currently a Principal at the firm started as an Analyst. Rapid career progression due to adding incremental value to the firm.
d) Achieved over 300MM+ in exits of portfolio firms.
e) Operationally worked with C-level management to devise strategies.
I have equity in the firm and as a condition of it, I had to stay at the firm for the last 3 years to earn my payout. My payout scheduled in March 2017. I am looking to take some time off from work and decided pursuing an MBA could be worth the investment.
I would appreciate feedback if I have any chance of making it to these schools with my profile.
2 yr MBA: Stanford/Harvard/Wharton
1 yr MBA: INSEAD
Thanks!
Best,
SM
16 Aug 2016, 05:31
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Hey SM,
So the best thing in your profile is by far your work experience. I'd love to hear more about it, the type of deals, the sums, what stake you have etc. which will all influence your profile.
Other than that, Im missing too much info. I dont know where you went to school, what your GPA was, what EC activities you have, what volunteer work, etc. All of that is important as well.
Finally, if your work experience is very strong (as it seems to be) you might have a shot at M7 programs with a 700 or so, but make the lives of the Adcoms easier, and make their decision easier too - a 720+ would help you more
I know you will do the best you can though,
Best of luck,
JF
16 Aug 2016, 20:01
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Hi Jon,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
1) Work Experience: I have worked on 4 deals in total throughout my tenure at the firm.
a) We usually co-invest with other larger VCs. 2 of these deals were European digital marketing firms that we co-invested in Series A and B funding rounds. Usually it is 1-5M stakes. 1 of these companies have exited and we got a 2x return on invested capital.
b) The 2 other deals were more interesting as we did a joint venture with two mid-sized (Revenues 50M to 80M) European tech firms. We run their Asian operations for them, through building a team, getting clients, devising go-to-market strategies, etc etc. Basically we ran the business in behalf of the parent company in APAC through a JV between us and the parent company. For these deals you usually fund the initial and subsequent expansion strategies (main costs are employee salaries, travel and rental expenses). Usual investment is around 2-4M for it to breakeven and then just finance the working capital needs from time to time. Due to us being very operational, we have proprietary exit structure for these kind of investments. We exited from one of these investments and are in the process of exiting from another. The returns are 10x and should be 12.5x with earnouts.
c) Operationally I have been highly involved in recruiting, devising go-to-market strategies and providing business development efforts.
d) Other than my operational duties, it is mostly typical financial/operational/market due diligence and deal execution for the investments which I carry out with my team. I have 1 Associate and 1 Analyst I work with supervising research and due diligence.
2) Undergrad school: I don't want to identify myself. I would just mention it is a top ranked Big Ten school. GPA: 3.3 (Finance major)
3) ECs: Nothing much after school. I am actively involved in pro-bono consulting where I manage and advise a group of college juniors/seniors in working through a pro-bono consulting project.
Please let me know if that's enough information. Thanks.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
1) Work Experience: I have worked on 4 deals in total throughout my tenure at the firm.
a) We usually co-invest with other larger VCs. 2 of these deals were European digital marketing firms that we co-invested in Series A and B funding rounds. Usually it is 1-5M stakes. 1 of these companies have exited and we got a 2x return on invested capital.
b) The 2 other deals were more interesting as we did a joint venture with two mid-sized (Revenues 50M to 80M) European tech firms. We run their Asian operations for them, through building a team, getting clients, devising go-to-market strategies, etc etc. Basically we ran the business in behalf of the parent company in APAC through a JV between us and the parent company. For these deals you usually fund the initial and subsequent expansion strategies (main costs are employee salaries, travel and rental expenses). Usual investment is around 2-4M for it to breakeven and then just finance the working capital needs from time to time. Due to us being very operational, we have proprietary exit structure for these kind of investments. We exited from one of these investments and are in the process of exiting from another. The returns are 10x and should be 12.5x with earnouts.
c) Operationally I have been highly involved in recruiting, devising go-to-market strategies and providing business development efforts.
d) Other than my operational duties, it is mostly typical financial/operational/market due diligence and deal execution for the investments which I carry out with my team. I have 1 Associate and 1 Analyst I work with supervising research and due diligence.
2) Undergrad school: I don't want to identify myself. I would just mention it is a top ranked Big Ten school. GPA: 3.3 (Finance major)
3) ECs: Nothing much after school. I am actively involved in pro-bono consulting where I manage and advise a group of college juniors/seniors in working through a pro-bono consulting project.
Please let me know if that's enough information. Thanks.
