Kazem

"it's not gonna teach you the ins and outs of operations of a company."

"We're, we're making sure we're looking at all the deals, doing diligence, working on deal structuring, and trying to close these opportunities."

"Every day is very different, uh, which is very fun for someone who can get bored quickly."

"Resilience and curiosity are key. You're gonna get a lot of nos, but you gotta figure out plan B, plan C..."

"Every day is very different."

"the biggest challenge is you kind of have to do everything"

"My favorite thing about the private equity industry is you see all different ways people make money."

"You're gonna be told no a billion times. You have to be okay with that."

"Every firm's very different in terms of how many deals they're gonna do per a year."

"They don't have time to teach you all the stuff you should have learned when you were an analyst and investment banking."

"Resilience is extremely important. And more than anything, being nice, a good person...you'll tend to do a lot better than somebody who is very transactional or not the kindest person in the world."

"The single most important thing I did in my undergrad was join a program called IBUs Invest in Banking Industry Scholars. It was a bootcamp, great training, great learning."

"They're very tough and they expect a lot and they make you wanna expect a lot for yourself."

"If they want a career in finance, they have to get into that program."