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My name is Hannah Kim, a rising junior at Babson College. To start off my blog, I will start by talking about how I got my summer internship. My internship search was long, stressful and it was one that required much persistence. I applied to countless internships through the Babson Portal, internships.com and even cold…
The most anticipated moment of my summer has arrived. I will begin as an Investment Banking Analyst at ForeFront Capital in New York. For the next 50+ days 7 Time Square will be the field I will be competing on. Arriving at seat was a long journey. The journey began in February. After a round…
This post was written by Chris Lo’Grippo ’16 Second Annual Babson Investment Banking Conference The planning process for the Second Annual Babson Investment Banking Conference, held on September 19, 2014, began toward the end of 2013. With much thanks to President Emeritus Len Schlesinger, Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, agreed to serve as the…
Earlier this month, I attended the Babson Investment Banking Conference which is an annual conference planned & organized by the student-run, Babson Investment Banking Association. Every session I attended included pieces of advice or words of wisdom to those aspiring to start their careers in this field. Hiter Harris, Co-founder of Harris Williams, was one…
This post was written by Chris Harrington ’15 The NYC Finance Trip is definitely something to add to your ‘to-do’ list while at Babson College if you have an interest in Finance. Early Friday morning, we departed the Hilton hotel in NYC with a ‘must-see’ destination to start the morning: The New York Stock Exchange. I thought…
This post was written by Chris LoGrippo ’16, Co-VP Marketing of BIBA “We should host an Investment Banking Conference next year. It has to be big,” said Sid Kapur (Class of 2014) toward the end of the 2012-2013 academic school year – then the President of the Babson Investment Banking Association (BIBA). I do not…
So…In the closing days of my internship I asked my boss if he would be willing to write me a recommendation. He said of course, but first I must write my own recommendation of myself for him to see and use as guidance. Ahh…this has been excruciatingly painful How good do I say I am,…
Now… I expect you were hoping that this story would be something along the lines of, I wrote a ridiculously inappropriate email/memo to a colleague (all be it hysterically funny) that ended up getting forwarded to my boss and was highly embarrassing. Well I did… Kidding not really… but there is a lesson none the…
Interesting tidbit about my office. So…my office, which is small, has a full kitchen and employs a very skilled cook, who makes fabulous meals. Lunch every day is in the office, where our MD and other partners have lunch with clients, and where the rest of the office eats lunch daily. You say…you bring clients…
I don’t know if this is the case for everyone, but for me, these were the words that made me cringe, and usually was followed by an assignment containing the most menial tasks. Don’t misunderstand me, I am very grateful for the opportunity to be helpful in the office and contribute, and I understand that…
