Posted on 23 March 2011. Tags: alot, amateur photographer, business, business costs, finance experience, loan officer, mortgage, mortgage finance, own business, photography equipment, recipe, restaurant business, secret recipe, Want, younger son
I have 7 years of mortgage finance experience, I am an amateur photographer, I am a Registered Sleep Tech, I have a few secret recipe’s that I’m told should be making money, and I have no college. I have 2 boys, my younger son will be out of the house in just over a year. I am married. I have make very nice money as a loan officer in mortgages. The market for mortgages is not good. Photography is very competitive and costs alot of money for equipment. I am unable to work nights as a sleep tech. Getting into a restaurant business costs alot of money, and it may not work once I’ve spent the money. I’ve already spent quite a bit on photography equipment including photoshop, and have taught myself everything I know. I am currently unemployed so not too willing to let money go easily. I really want to be my own boss, just not sure what to do to make money. I find it difficult to stick to something also, because I’m afraid of spending all my time on something and it (or me) not succeeding. What in the world should I do, am driving my self crazy!!!
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Posted on 16 September 2010. Tags: body language, call, Capital, demeanor, finance experience, firm, initial interview, Interview, interviewer, niche, presidents, set the tone, stress, venture capital firm, video call
I had a recent preliminary interview with a venture capital firm on Wall Street. For one I was surprised the firm would even spend the time contacting me because I have had no previous finance experience. However, I feel I would add benefit to the firm nonetheless. I had an initial interview with the firm on a video call. I was a bit disappointed by the situation in the end. I felt as though the interviewer was all tensed up, and was sort of grilling me. This was okay, but seemed a bit strange. I felt uncomfortable by the video call, because it was hazy, and I wasn’t able to use my body language to draw the interviewer into a good connection with me. The questions were kind of blah general and when I attempted to answer them, if I didn’t say what he was looking for he seemed to get an irritated look in his face. I am a nice person, but he kind of set the tone in a way like he was trying to control the interview. This doesn’t mean he is smarter than me, I guess he just likes to do that. He said he needed to discuss possibilities with members of his firm about it. I feel like this interview mainly went wrong because of his demeanor that comes from the stress from his job. This demeanor I think helped me not answer the questions to the best of my abilities, and afterwards I was thinking, well that I could easily have said much better. I also feel like more things could have been talked about. Any of you have a situation like this, or advice about what I should do? Should I wait and message him later, I feel like he is a busy individual under high stress that doesn’t have much time for things. Should I tell him I have talked to presidents about specific numbers of capital they need and try to link them into deals focused on their niche? Should I just move onto the next firm, and wait to hear later, or run a message to them?
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