'meeting' tagged blog posts in Advice for the New Careerist

They bought dozens of companies, turned around operations and improved balance sheets.  Many of these buyout professionals were mentioned weekly in the Wall Street Journal or Forbes. But they were often scared to talk to potential private equity investors.

These men and women were my clients. My task was to prepare them for meetings where they would ask...

My first business trip at my post-college job in NYC  was to glamorous Los Angeles. The hotel, located next to a prestigious Hollywood theatre, was supposedly frequented by celebrities; I was excited. My boss had directed me to fly alone to LAX and join him at our meeting. Dressed in a suit that morning in my apartment, I went through...