Greyson

"I started my college career as an economics major, double majored in entrepreneurship, and had a minor in environmental science."

"I wear a lot of different hats, um, within the lens of mergers and acquisitions at Zillow."

"Every day is a little different"

"Communication is huge. You have to really be able to communicate messages succinctly and efficiently."

"I have a really unique viewpoint and lens that I touch every function in a business, whether that be the legal team, the tax team, the sales team...I understand many different parts of their business to a pretty deep level."

"I have a lot of people that work on different teams reporting into me, but my team is relatively small."

"I can go on the application and like directly see an impact of like, oh, I, I bought that company that did X right?"

"being able to sell yourself as like an expert in the field, being able to sell yourself as, um, competent in what you're doing"

"I wish I had paid more attention in accounting, um, because it is, uh, like a, a core driver in a lot of deals."

"In a corporate tech company, the easiest pathway is through consulting, like McKinsey, Bain, BCG, or big four M&A consulting."

"It's always better to measure twice and cut once."

"I definitely took the time to go talk to people, go learn about potential career opportunities, get on the phone with family friends that did all different sorts of stuff, just to understand what's out there."