BuySide Studio
Your Unfair Advantage: Breaking Into PE, VC, & High Finance
Elite Mentorship and Training Platform built by buy-side professionals for ambitious college students who want to build real careers in private equity, venture capital, and investment management
Join NowMission
To develop the next generation of buy-side professionals by training them to:
- Build meaningful professional relationships
- Master valuation and financial modeling
- Evaluate companies and markets with investor-level rigor
- Present investment ideas with confidence
- Apply AI intelligently: as a multiplier, not a shortcut
Learn From PE Professionals and Investors
BuySide Studio bridges the gap between the classroom and the boardroom, combining relationship strategy, valuation, financial modeling, and AI-powered insight to shape the next generation of buy-side professionals.
Najeeb Baqui
Connector in Chief
Strategy, relationships, and storytelling: connecting people, capital, and opportunity
Douglas Groat
Deal Architect
Structure, execution, and systems that turn strategy into results
Jeff Noland
Real World Professor
Investor, founder, and mentor: where modeling meets real-world investing
BuySide gives students an unfair advantage:
Real investors
Real live coaching
Real results
Relationship Capital
Learn to build authentic, high-trust networks, the foundation of every opportunity and the key to long-term success in finance.
Valuation & Modeling Mastery
Develop technical precision to value companies, model markets, and think like an investor, understanding why every assumption matters.
Real-World Investment Thinking
Immerse yourself in how buy-side professionals evaluate markets, price risk, and present investment opportunities with confidence.
AI: Used with Discipline
AI is woven throughout our approach, training you to apply it where it adds clarity and ignore it where human judgment matters most.
Explore BuySide Masterclass
Our Master Class gives you everything you need to excel:
- AÂ 5-module live course in Financial Modeling and Networking
- Entry into our growing Scholar’s Forum community
- Unlimited opportunities on networking and career resources
Explore Personalized Coaching
Our 1:1 sessions provide extended access to our coaches:
- 4 packages with each of our coaches focusing on networking, financial modeling, and deal structuring
- Tailored guidance for interested Scholars
- Review student goals, career planning, and how to stand out
BuySide Scholars
As a BuySide Scholar, students gain real-world skills, insider knowledge, a network of ambitious peers, and access to mentorship that accelerates their academic, career, and personal growth.
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Kendall
Cornell University
“We’re learning that success in finance isn’t just technical, it’s personal. It’s about relationships.
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Nicholas
Cornell University
“Learning directly from investors gave me clarity about what actually happens on the buy-side.”
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Jennifer
New York University
“Being part of this community gave me the confidence to reach out to professionals I used to think were out of reach.”
Sebastian
New York University
“It’s real-world learning. It’s like being inside a private equity deal from day one.”
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Join the BuySide Fellowship
The BuySide Fellow role is a selective leadership opportunity for exceptional students who want to help shape the next generation of investors. Fellows act as ambassadors, connectors, and stewards of the BuySide culture — promoting our programs, mentoring peers, and helping build a trusted, collaborative community across top universities.
This is not a traditional campus ambassador role. It’s a leadership program built by investors, one that gives Fellows hands-on experience in the same disciplines that make buy-side professionals effective: communication, networking, recruiting, and team-building.
