High Flying Ladies
Archive for September, 2011
Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2011
Fortune’s annual ranking of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2011” has just been released. Youngest high flying ladies to make the list are 36 year old Marissa Meyer from Google, followed by 41 year old Meredith Whitney (the equity analyst who gained fame in 2007 for rightly calling for banking stocks to collapse [...]
Nobody gives you your dream job. You just make it.
Let me start with two quotes: ― Roseanne Barr This seems to be a variation of Malcolm X’s saying: The “if you’re a man” part is slightly unsuitable on this website, but otherwise Malcolm X’s quote is just as good for what I will talk about today. I want to talk about finding your dream [...]
The good things that happen when you speak up
A common explanation cited for women failing to advance to senior leadership positions is that they are less likely to speak up in meetings or make bold demands in negotiations. I certainly fall into the category of those who prefer to speak only when they are 100% sure they know what they are talking about. [...]
Business school applications drop – a great time to get an MBA!
According to new survey data released by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), applications to full-time MBA programs have again dropped by 10%, following drops in applications in the previous two years. Even applications to Harvard Business School dropped by 4%. Women make up 35% of applicants to full-time MBA programs. If you’re thinking of [...]
Meet Karen Finerman, $400m hedge fund manager
Just stumbled upon this excellent and in-depth profile of hedge fund founder and investor Karen Finerman in the Guardian. She is CEO of the hedge fund Metropolitan Capital Advisors. Why they had to put this into their LIFE & STYLE section rather than their finance section, I don’t understand. It is a very interesting read [...]
What we can learn from two women entrepreneurs you have to know
As I told you previously, I am following a lot of great entrepreneurs and mumpreneurs recently to see how they got started. Two young women with incredibly inspiring stories that I admire are Alexa von Tobel, 27, founder of Learnvest, and Shama Kabani, 25, founder of the Marketing ZEN Group. They have several things in [...]
Diversity initiatives in employers as a symptom of decline?
I have been wanting to write this post in a long time. I still haven’t reached a conclusive answer but there’s one issue I’m thinking about a lot. It’s about diversity initiatives of big employers, in particular women’s initiatives. The truth is, I’m still not sure if they are such a good thing (though on [...]
Interview questions to prepare for Sales & Trading interviews
This is a list of interview questions I prepared for applicants from my business school. Lots of questions are easy if you follow the markets and have been in the field before, but for career changers there is actually a lot to prepare! Also check out my sales and trading interview reading list! Technical questions [...]
The difference between the buy side and the sell side
Buy side/sell side joke Passed on to me by a friend on the buy-side (if an investment banker ever asks you to tell him a joke in the job interview, this may a a great one for him ). “What is the difference between a buy-side and a sell-side trader?” “One says “f*** you” and [...]
Are you an entrepreneur or a mumpreneur?
Since having a daughter almost a year ago now, I have been thinking very actively on the topic of entrepreneurship, wrecking my brains for the next big business idea. Since I don’t want to be a consultant ever again, looking at my expertise it is most likely that if I set up a new business [...]
Recent Comments