Too many unrelated career moves!

[think.thru]

Hey
Very good day!

My brief profile-
1. Grad 3.3 GPA, 720 GMAT
2. B.Tech (IIT'05); CFA level 3 candidate; Indian male. Pretty decent extra-currics
3. Analyst with world's top mutual fund house

After my UG, I have involved myself with as many as 4 totally non-related work profiles.
a. Entrepreneur - educational coaching institute (six mnths)
b. Marketing analytics - work primarily involved statistical models (15 months)
c. Retirement industry - analyst
d. Fixed income - analyst

My ques-
I have worked in so many different roles and unfortunately, all of them have been un-correlated. How do you think, I should link them all and bring up a common thread out of these? My post-mba goal is private equity & long-term is being an entrepreneur.

Thanks
TT

[MBA Mission]

Thank you for your inquiry. You want to be careful to create goals that are credible. These days, with so many skilled and available bankers, it seems like it might be a stretch for you to make the leap to PE after getting your MBA. I don’t know enough about your candidacy to make this judgment, but it is certainly something to think about.

I am not sure how long you have been at your last two firms, but your common thread through your last three positions is analytics. Generally, this is not the "sexiest" way to sell yourself, but you could discuss your entrepreneurial experience as being premature and then discuss how you have focused on developing your analytical skills with the intention of fusing these aptitudes down the road.

That written, there are many ways to proceed and this is simply a quick thought based on a 125 statement written by you. We would definitely need to know more about you and your ambitions.

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Jeremy Shinewald
MBA Mission

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Hey
Very good day!

My brief profile-
1. Grad 3.3 GPA, 720 GMAT
2. B.Tech (IIT'05); CFA level 3 candidate; Indian male. Pretty decent extra-currics
3. Analyst with world's top mutual fund house

After my UG, I have involved myself with as many as 4 totally non-related work profiles.
a. Entrepreneur - educational coaching institute (six mnths)
b. Marketing analytics - work primarily involved statistical models (15 months)
c. Retirement industry - analyst
d. Fixed income - analyst

My ques-
I have worked in so many different roles and unfortunately, all of them have been un-correlated. How do you think, I should link them all and bring up a common thread out of these? My post-mba goal is private equity & long-term is being an entrepreneur.

Thanks
TT