Learn how to find names and contact information, how to plan your informational interviews and cold calls, and how to break into finance – without stressing yourself out or feeling “pushy.”
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Breaking Into Wall Street – BIWS Platinum Package Updated to MAR 2024
I’ll cut right to the chase… The only reason I created this page is because so many students, entry-level professionals, and career changers have asked me to recommend the FASTEST and most “BULLETPROOF” way to break into and advance within investment banking, private equity, and hedge funds.
But an important note first: If you’ve never heard of me, or you’re not familiar with what BIWS is “all about,” this package is probably NOT for you… yet.
But if you’re still with me… then please read this entire page and decide if you’re the right fit for BIWS Platinum…
Brian DeChesare
Founder, Breaking Into Wall Street
Founder, Breaking Into Wall Street
Who is a Fit for BIWS Platinum, and Who is Not?
- The first type enrolls in one or two courses to address a specific need or “gap,” but never advances much further than that.
- The second type absorbs everything we offer like a sponge, often enrolling in all our courses as they advance through the ranks in the finance industry – from breaking in, to earning bonuses and promotions, to moving to the buy-side… and eventually becoming “top dog” at a well-known firm – or even starting their own firm.
Of course, I value ALL our customers… but I wanted to do something EXTRA SPECIAL for you if you want to squeeze the most value out of what we have to offer.
So I’ve bundled up ALL of our courses into a “super package” called BIWS Platinum – which lets you get your hands on all the courses that you’d very likely invest in over time anyway… and lock in an immediate savings of $932 as a “thank you” for signing up early.
At first, I was skeptical that more than 1 or 2 students might be interested in this package… but BIWS Platinum is now our second-best-selling product!
So if you think this ‘all-inclusive’ package might be for you, read on to look at everything you get inside and you’ll instantly see and appreciate the massive value:
What You’ll Get As Our Newest BIWS Platinum Member
Course #1: IB Networking Toolkit
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course helps you win interviews and makes it easy to advance throughout your career
The Investment Banking Networking Toolkit makes it easy to create valuable contacts and connections that will ease your way into a great job in the finance industry. Learn how to find names and contact information, how to plan your informational interviews and cold calls, and how to break into finance – without stressing yourself out or feeling “pushy.”
You get 37 video and audio files, along with dozens of bonus email templates, networking success case studies, and a module on how to use LinkedIn effectively. Everything is presented in multiple formats, so you can watch, listen, or read, depending on your preferred learning style.
To accelerate your networking, we even give you the names and descriptions of 4,178+ investment banks, 11,306+ private equity firms and 3,190+ hedge funds, organized by region (Note: These include main phone numbers and email addresses/physical addresses, but are not specific people at each firm).
Course #2: IB Interview Guide
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course helps you pitch yourself, answer “fit” questions, and master the trickiest technical interview questions
This is your “Interview Action Plan” – it gives you preparation checklists for interviews, shows you how to walk through your resume and background with 18 templates, and explains how to prepare efficiently for the “fit” and qualitative questions (with tutorials, dozens of sample questions and answers, and more).
There are also 578+ pages of detailed coverage of the technical topics, including material that no other guide on the planet teaches (e.g., private companies, ECM/DCM/Leveraged Finance, and industry-specific questions). And then there are 18+ Excel files you can use to understand all these concepts in-depth, along with 218+ quiz questions you can use to test yourself.
In addition to all that, you can test your skills with the 17 practice case studies – ranging from 3-statement modeling to valuation/DCF to M&A and LBO-related exercises. These are very similar to the tests you’d have to complete at assessment centers in the EMEA region and in more advanced interviews.
The guide is comprehensive, but efficiency is the goal as well – which is why we provide study plans for 4 hours, 2 days, and 1 week of preparation time. If you have more time than that, great! But make sure you master the fundamentals outlined in these plans first.
Course #3: Excel & VBA
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: These lessons give you a crash course in the Excel and VBA skills that you’ll use to model and value companies and analyze transactions
Master Excel, and you’ll be well ahead of the competition before you even step into the office on the first day of the job.
You’ll learn everything from core Excel shortcuts, navigation, and formatting up through formulas, graphing, and data analysis, and how to use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to automate your workflow and save time on the most common tasks – so you leave the office earlier and get a higher bonus.
You’ll learn the ropes with two case studies, one based on a valuation of Walmart and one based on a customer due diligence analysis in a deal, and you’ll super-charge your productivity with our custom BIWS Macros package and Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) – plus, detailed written guides and quiz questions so you can test yourself on everything.
Excel is the core skill required in virtually all front-office finance roles, and you’ll be well ahead of the curve after completing this course.
Course #4: Financial Modeling Mastery
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course helps you master foundational accounting, valuation, and financial modeling skills that you’ll use in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, and other fields
In this course, you’ll learn accounting, valuation, and financial modeling from the ground up with 15+ real-life case studies from around the world, including: Atlassian (Australia), EasyJet (U.K.), Vivendi (France), Steel Dynamics (U.S.), Jazz Pharmaceuticals (U.S.), SunPower / Maxeon (U.S. and Singapore), Fortum / Uniper (Finland and Germany), NichiiGakkan (Japan), Viridor (U.K.), Cars.com (U.S.), Kakao / Daum (Korea), and Netflix (U.S.).
These case studies teach you how to use financial modeling to make client advisory recommendations (e.g., advise a client on whether it should sell itself or raise capital) for investment banking roles and how to make investment recommendations for buy-side roles such as private equity and hedge funds. Nothing else on the market teaches you the spreadsheet skills and the thought process in the same way.
These are the fundamental skills you’ll need in in any sector in the finance industry – and you’ll be ahead of the game by mastering them before you start working. Each topic has an introductory and “more advanced” version, so you can pick and choose the lessons that are most appropriate for your skill level and time requirements.
Course #5: PowerPoint Pro
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course saves you hours of time each day, lets you leave the office earlier, and gives you dozens of templates that will speed up your own presentations and pitch books
When it comes to entry-level jobs in investment banking, your PowerPoint skills can make or break you.
You’ll spend much of your time in PowerPoint, and believe me – you won’t have time to decipher Microsoft’s cryptic “Help” articles. Your bosses will expect professional pitch books and presentations on a deadline – so you better be able to deliver.
PowerPoint Pro teaches you everything you need to know about PowerPoint for investment banking, private equity, and hedge fund roles – from how to set up the interface to optimize your speed and efficiency, to navigation, slides, shapes, alignment, distribution, grouping, formatting, and more.
You’ll learn how to use the Slide Master and Sections effectively, how to paste in and format Excel, Word, and image data, and how to apply “finishing touches” to fix small problems in your presentation; and then you’ll get to practice even more with different company and deal profiles and additional exercises.
The entire course is based on a sell-side M&A pitch book and valuation for Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and you learn how to create every slide in the presentation from the ground up.
Course #6: Real Estate & REIT Modeling
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course lets you dominate your commercial real estate, real estate private equity, real estate investment banking, and other RE-related interviews and case studies
Get the bleeding edge advantage you need to master real-world real estate and REIT financial modeling and valuation… with 8 short case studies and 9 longer, more in-depth case studies from around the world, including multifamily, office/retail, industrial, hotel, and condominium properties, and hotel, office, multifamily, retail, data center, and industrial REITs.
Topics covered include real estate development and acquisition modeling, waterfall returns, debt and equity draws, tenant-by-tenant lease modeling, and 3-statement projections, valuation, debt vs. equity, M&A and merger models, and LBO models for REITs… and much, much more.
In each case study of the course, we walk you through not only the Excel model and step-by-step process to build the formulas, but also the thought process and how to make an investment recommendation at the end, including how to identify the risk factors and ways to mitigate them.
The coverage is global, with examples from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil, the UAE (Dubai), France and Spain, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong.
Throughout the course, we use real properties and companies – such as 100 Bishopsgate in London, The Lyric in Seattle, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, and, on the REIT side, AvalonBay in the U.S., SPH REIT in Singapore, Digital Realty / DuPont Fabros in the U.S., and Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust in Canada.
There are 114 videos, as well as 300+ pages of written guides, case study documents, investment recommendation outlines and full presentations, and more – so you can review the key points and get up to speed quickly.
Course #7: Bank & Financial Institution Modeling
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This course helps you develop valuation and modeling expertise specific to banks and financial institutions, including how to make investment recommendations
Master the fundamentals and the nuances of bank and financial institution accounting, valuation, and financial modeling with detailed, step-by-step video training.
This course is based on four detailed, global case studies: An operating model and valuation for Shawbrook, a U.K.-based “challenger bank,” a merger model for KeyCorp’s $4.1 billion acquisition of First Niagara, a potential growth equity investment in ANZ, and a 100% buyout of the Philippine Bank of Communications.
Each case study concludes with a client advisory presentation or investment recommendation, and there are simplified and more complex versions of each model. Plus, you get a set of bonus lessons on accounting and valuation for insurance companies.
It’s the only FIG training on the planet that explains how to use modeling techniques to write stock pitches for commercial banks – a required part of any asset management or hedge fund interview. And then you also get a crash course on equity research reports and investment banking pitch books.
You’ll gain immediate access to the 103 instructional videos, the stock pitch, ER report, and IB pitch book, the extensive written notes, the practice quiz questions, and the Quick Start Guides so you can quickly grasp the concepts and practical skills taught in the course.
Is Investing In BIWS Platinum Really Worth It?
BIWS Platinum walks you from beginner-level skills up through advanced strategies and tactics, and positions you to develop a unique and specialized skill set.
Practical modeling skills will become second nature – and you’ll be able to demonstrate knowledge that compares favorably to professionals with years of hands-on experience.
Listen up. If you’re wondering:
“Is investing in BIWS Platinum Really worth it?”
“Do I really need all the courses now?”
Here’s the answer: if you’re absolutely set on getting the job and moving up the ladder quickly, you’re going to NEED all the knowledge the Platinum package contains.
You may not need every last bit right now… but chances are good that you’ll sign up for everything here over time, anyway.
Sign up for everything at once and not only do you save $932 , but you’ll also have everything you need at your fingertips, whenever you need it.
You’ll never have to spend another dime on your IB career education because you’ll also get every single course update, bonus case study, and new course we create, FOREVER.
Nothing else – except maybe 10 years on the job – will prepare you as thoroughly for interviews and your future career.
You’ll master techniques that demonstrate advanced knowledge…
…all of which give you a significantly better chance of landing the best internships and jobs with the top investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds.
Here’s What Will Happen Within a Few Short Moments of You Joining BIWS Platinum
Once you sign up, you’ll immediately have access to the hundreds of instructional videos, detailed written guides, complete transcripts, all the Excel files, the bonuses, and the complete curriculum.
And you’ll have access to our expert support team to ask whatever questions you need, for a full 24 months after purchase.
With that comes lifetime access to the site, free upgrades, and new content and courses as we add them.
Decision and Action Time
This is the most comprehensive and most practical financial modeling training around, at the best price, with the best support, and with the best guarantee.
It doesn’t just introduce you to “the basics” or “what you need for interviews,” but instead gives you COMPREHENSIVE training in all areas, ranging from winning interviews and job offers, to out-performing on the job, to advancing and moving into industry-specific roles.
And it’s all backed by a no-questions-asked, no-hassle, 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee – this is as risk-free as an offer can come.
In fact, the ONLY risk is that you might go into an interview without having taken the courses here – and the candidate next to you has.
The next move is up to you.
You can hope that finance firms hire you without strong Excel and financial modeling skills… and that you can advance and move into buy-side opportunities without them… good luck to you there.
OR you can confidently tell banks you’ve invested in the most advanced Excel, financial modeling, and industry-specific training based on real case studies, authored by experienced professionals who have worked on dozens of deals.
I know you’ll make the right choice.
To YOUR success,
Brian DeChesare
Breaking Into Wall Street Founder
Breaking Into Wall Street Founder
P.S. Remember that you have NOTHING to lose and nearly unlimited upside – your future career in a high-paying industry – to gain. You have a full 90 days to evaluate the program and return it for a full refund if you’re not satisfied.
Of course, it’s much more likely you’ll be writing in to thank me in the future – just like so many others have.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 88
- Assessments Yes
