Prerequisites
Before starting Investment Banking, make sure you have:
- Valuation
- Financial modeling
- Pitchbooks
Your first month
Focus on shipping small, complete artifacts:
- Accounting
- Valuation
- Excel
Common beginner mistakes
Skip these to save weeks:
- Watching without building
- Jumping frameworks weekly
- Skipping fundamentals
- Not shipping anything public
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