823 Advizers

Aaron

Managing Director

Qualia Legacy Advisors

UC Berkeley
Stanford MBA

Aaron has over 30 years experience in the entertainment industry across finance, business development, creative affairs and programming.
UC Berkeley - Social Sciences

UC Berkeley - Social Sciences

Arts, Entertainment & Media
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Finance
Economics

Q1Career path

Investment Banking

Mergers and Acquisitions

Finance

2:02

"My main responsibilities are basically to...sell companies, or we raise capital for those companies."

Q2Main responsibilities

Communication

Financial Modeling

Client Interaction

1:33

"we spend a lot of time, you know, on the phone or, uh, in front of our, you know, computer basically sending out emails."

Q3Day in the life

People Skills

Financial Knowledge

Strategic Thinking

0:54

"people skills end up being the most important"

Q4Most important skills - role

Client Interaction

Financial Transactions

Mergers and Acquisitions

0:44

"I like the idea that I'm helping a client reach their goal or their dream."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Overcoming Challenges

Executive/Leadership

Achieving Goals

0:37

"The biggest challenge is getting deals over the finish line."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Entertainment

Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

1:10

"So that's always interesting as I'm always learning and you're learning different parts about the business"

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Persistence

Resilience

Aggressiveness

1:02

"You have to be pretty aggressive. There's a lot of people who wanna be in both industries, so it's competitive."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Overcoming Challenges

Resilience

Industry Realities

0:56

"the kind of fragile nature of transactions and the, you know, deals can fall apart and you have to be prepared for that."

Q10Entry-level positions

Investment Banking

Entry-Level Jobs

Finance

0:46

"In the entertainment industry, you get any job you can, you just get a foot in the door and you go from there."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Communication

Executive/Leadership

Resilience

1:05

"So if something doesn't go your way, treat them with respect and act as if they're gonna be your partner in the future."

Q12College ideas for success

Hard Truths

Motivational Stories

Career Exploration

1:08

"Work hard. My opinion is employers don't care if what you did in undergraduate is exactly applicable to the job."

Q14Advice for social science majors finding their first job

Motivational Stories

Career Exploration

Hard Truths

1:11

"Work hard. My opinion is employers don't care if what you did in undergraduate is exactly applicable to the job."