In this candid conversation about finance careers, fintech, investment banking, private equity, wealth management and social media, Vaibhav Jain, IIM Indore Alum, currently at Wealthdesk, Ex Deutsche Bank and Edelweiss, continues his career story and experiences. Vaibhav shares how he decided to quit Deutsche Bank and investment banking to move on to work with wealth management and private equity at Edelweiss. He shares how he started sharing his experiences, investment tips and learnings from major market movements on LinkedIn. This gave Vaibhav the ability to ease into his role as a wealth management consultant helping HNIs with private equity and investing. He tells us how, despite being an introvert, he managed to overcome his personal limitations and manage a role that required skills in sales and people management.
Vaibhav shares how, eventually, he moved on to Wealthdesk, a service helping retail investors just foraying into stock markets. With deep insights on the financial side of the markets, Vaibhav shares how retail or individual investors can benefit with more awareness on the stock market. He talks about the role of fintech in making markets more accessible to individual investors and how the future is bright for India. Touching upon his work on social media, Vaibhav tells us how he tries to be unbiased and share factual analyses instead of personal opinions on LinkedIn. He shares how he chose LinkedIn as it allows him greater real estate to write and share stories.
Some key highlights from this conversation:
1. When you truly believe in the product and its function, you are more likely to enjoy working with the brand.
2. Networking is very important to prove your credibility in any career.
3. If you want to establish a following on social media, establish a niche and work on sharing knowledge and expertise in that niche.
4. Jab sales karte ho, you need visibility.
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