We create educational resources for private investing, entrepreneurship, and technology ecosystems.
Podcasts are posted weekly.
Current Team
Michael Cutler
Senior at the University of Notre Dame
Michael is a Senior studying Finance and Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. Last summer, he worked as an investment banking analyst in Citi’s Mergers and Acquisitions group, where he will be returning full-time after he graduates. He has worked for a blockchain analytics startup and interned at a private equity firm in New York.
He has an intense curiosity for blockchain innovation and emerging technologies, social entrepreneurship, and the cognitive processes that can aid intelligent business and investment decisions. Michael is currently listening to podcasts that include the Huberman Lab, Joe Rogan Experience, and Invest With the Best.
James Barham
Senior at the University of Notre Dame
James is studying Finance and Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Notre Dame. He enjoys learning about emerging markets investing, global trade dynamics, and the use cases for technology within business.
Following his sophomore year, he spent a month in Beijing, China working for JFP Holdings, a boutique international strategic advisory firm. After his junior year, he interned at Evercore as an M&A investment banking summer analyst. Following graduation, he will be a private equity analyst at BayPine.
Founding Team
Conor Holahan
Investment Professional at Permira
University of Notre Dame Alumnus
He has a strong passion for learning about the business value of technology. Conor is currently working as an Investment Professional at Permira on within Technology Buyouts & Growth Equity. Previously, he has worked as an investment banking analyst on Citigroup’s Mergers & Acquisitions team and a business analyst for a cybersecurity firm in the Bay Area.
He has work experience as a data scientist for a Fortune 50 company, a VC-backed startup, and a data analytics research laboratory. Conor has also spent time conducting market research analysis for a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-revenue automation and artificial intelligence startups.
Alex Tullman
Finance Manager & Strategy at Procter & Gamble
University of Notre Dame Alumnus
Alex currently works in commercial finance and strategy for Procter & Gamble. He has a passion for innovative disruption, business development, excellence in business operation, and social service. Before his current role, he fundraised, founded, and endowed a student managed investment portfolio in high school, raised over $10,000 for investigatory research into a new energy technology, raised >$25,000 for a satellite development organization, and worked as a Venture Capital Summer Associate for a VC fund and Angel Network.
Chris Whipple
Investment Banking Analyst at Cowen Inc.
Boston College Alumnus
He is passionate about digital innovation and working alongside entrepreneurs to learn about and help scale their companies. Chris has worked at PeakSpan Capital, a B2B SaaS-focused growth equity firm, a middle-market private equity firm based in New York, and two Education Technology startups in the pre-seed and seed round stages. He will be joining Cowen’s technology investment banking group as a full-time analyst.