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BuySide
Masterclass
A 4-hour live immersive experience into the real world of investing, dealmaking, and high-level business โ taught by practitioners who live it every day. For ambitious students and early-career professionals who are ready to think and operate like investors.
BuySide Masterclass
Live cohort — immersive, interactive, real-world finance.
- 4-hour live cohort session
- Full Masterclass curriculum
- Permanent Scholar access to recordings
- Access to BuySide Scholar community
- Certificate of completion
Secure checkout via Kajabi. Session details sent upon enrollment.
See it in action
What a live session actually looks like.
Real instruction from active investors. Real deal analysis. Real interaction — not a lecture, but a window into how professionals think and operate.
Curriculum
What you’ll learn.
A 4-hour live experience across four core disciplines — the same ones that define how real investors operate.
Relationship Capital
- Why relationships drive access — not résumés
- How to build a network from zero
- Outreach frameworks that actually get responses
- Converting conversations into opportunities
Investor Thinking
- How investors source and evaluate deals
- Reading a business through an investor lens
- Public vs. private market dynamics
- What separates buy-side from sell-side thinking
Financial Modeling
- Real model architecture: inputs → drivers → outputs
- Valuation methods used in real transactions
- Building models that hold up in interviews and on the job
- AI as a modeling tool — used with discipline
Deal Structuring
- Capital stacks and how deals are financed
- Governance, downside protection, and key terms
- How PE, VC, and hedge funds structure differently
- The full deal lifecycle from sourcing to close
What you walk away with
You’ll leave different.
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Investor fluency
You’ll speak the language of PE, VC, and investment banking — fluently, confidently, and credibly.
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Technical foundation
A real valuation and modeling framework you can use in interviews, internships, and on the job.
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Network access
Direct connection to the BuySide Scholar community — peers and professionals building careers in high finance.
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Recruiting edge
Walk into any finance interview or conversation thinking like an investor — not just a candidate or applicant.
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Scholar status
Permanent BuySide Scholar access — recordings, materials, and community for life.
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Fellowship eligibility
Masterclass completion strengthens your Fellowship application — though you can apply to the Fellowship directly at any time.
Who it’s for
Built for those who are serious about finance.
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College students
Sophomore through senior year — or graduate students targeting internships and full-time roles in high finance.
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Early-career professionals
Within a few years of graduation and looking to move into private equity, venture capital, or the buy side. Build the fluency the transition requires.
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International students & professionals
Breaking into US finance from abroad requires more than credentials — it requires strategy, network, and technical fluency. We build all three.
Your instructors
Taught by practitioners. Not professors.
Najeeb Baqui
Connector in Chief
Douglas Groat
Deal Architect
Jeff Noland
Real World Professor
Led by our founding team, with guest instruction from active investors of equivalent pedigree. As BuySide Studio scales, we bring in additional practitioners — operators, dealmakers, and investors — who meet the same standard. Guest instructors are selective by design.
BuySide Scholars
Hear from students and professionals who’ve been through it.
Secure your spot.
The next Masterclass cohort is August 20, 2026. Seats are limited — enrollment closes when the cohort is full.
Looking for a lighter starting point? Start with Fundamentals →
