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Want to Start a Private Equity Firm, Welcome

I now know that you are 22 years old. Tell me more. Where are you??

Have you ever worked for a Private Equity Firm??

Where do you want to be 8 years from NOW??

How do you plan on getting there??

LUCKIEST

Would you suggest I get face-to-face and ask if I can acquire some experience or ask for an investment?

Neither. I'd ask, "If you were in my position, just starting out, but wanted someday to be where you are right now, what are the first three things you'd do to move yourself in that direction?"

Accountants do a hell of a lot more than add, subtract and do taxes. As an accountant, I'm a quantitative analysis expert and therefore a business executive would not be able to get past me any possible red flags he/she might have hidden beneath a heap of other numbers. Most laypersons wouldn't be able to say that.

I don't believe I'm scattered with my foundation. As Donald Trump says, businessmen and businesswomen need knowledge in two areas to be truely sucessful - Business and Law.

I understand what you are saying as are far as having a track record.

I appreciate your advice and I'll keep it in mind.

Thanks

As Lighthouse pointed ot you have given three levels of accounting experience. I am now clueless as to what your experience really is and whether or not any of your statements are credible (though they may well be).

Still no investment money from me. You need to regroup, define yourself, make a plan, get a mentor, some contacts and experience.

You asy you are a 'quantitative analysis expert... however have you ever performed in this area? Ever done any forensic audits?

This is in responds to your ad I was in the same boat as you I am 21 I will be 22 later this year. I have been around business my whole life mother worked for Goldman and lehman in the 80s my family own several business all my friend parents owned there own business. And I to have the ability to take apart a business and put it back together. But when I first decide that I want to start a investment group I had to decide if it was for the love of business or money and for me it was business. The second thing I did was I found a newly formed private equity group and watch them do a couple of deals. I learned the entire concept of the business from how to structure to how to raise money. The guys I watched gave me all the information and contacts I would need. But as I start to to look at myself I realized I was a little wet behind the ears and to try to get someone to give me money to invest was probably be a tuff thing to do. I had even toy with using my family contacts to move ahead but I realized that I wanted to do it alone. So I began looking for a middle market company to build and I have found one a great company it will give me the nesscary hands on I need. But then I realized that money was going to be a issue to finance the business so I found alternate source not VC or PE but many program that the goverment has that people do not even know of but growing up in my house you are bound to know every way of financing. Depending on your location and you maybe we can form some sort of private equity group let me know if you are interested