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Who is Anand Vaishampayan?

🔥 About me: IT Professional turned Career Coach and YouTuber. In Feb 2025 I quit my high paying corporate job of 20+ Years to follow my passion of teaching things which are NOT taught in any school, college or university.

🔥Corporate Experience: I worked for Zensar Technologies for over 20 years, most of my tenure with Zensar was for Cisco Account. I served in Pune as well as in San Jose, California and RTP, North Carolina.

🔥 Now after I quit from full time job, I help professionals GROW in their Career and help them earn BIGGER and BETTER salaries :)

🔥 I provided Career Coaching through One on One Consultation as well as Group Programs.

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Note: All views expressed are my own and are not associated with any Company or Organization 🙏

Anand Vaishampayan

I interviewed a 45-year-old professional last year.

Brilliant experience. Strong communication. Clear thinking.

But the moment we started discussing role expectations, he paused and said something I did not expect:

“I just hope I’m not being compared to 25-year-olds. They learn faster than me now. I don’t know if I still belong here.”

For a second, I didn’t know what to say.

Because behind that one sentence was a decade of silent fear.

The fear that many mid-career professionals carry. 

The fear that experience is becoming irrelevant. 

The fear that younger, faster talent will replace them. 

The fear that their best years are behind them.

But here’s the truth most people forget:

A 25-year-old brings speed.
A 45-year-old brings wisdom.

A 25-year-old knows tools.
A 45-year-old knows outcomes.

A 25-year-old executes tasks.
A 45-year-old avoids million-dollar mistakes.

Skills can be learned at any age. Judgment cannot.

And companies don’t pay you for certificates. They pay you for reducing risk, increasing clarity, and delivering consistent results.

So if you’re 40-plus and worried about competing with younger talent, remember this:

You’re not competing on speed. You’re competing on depth.

You’re not competing on new tools. You’re competing on problem-solving.

You’re not competing for approval. You’re competing with your own potential.

Experience is not old. Experience is leverage.

And the market always values people who can bring clarity, calm, and direction.

Think about it tonight.

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Every role has a season. Every company environment has a limit to what it can give you. Staying beyond that doesn’t make you loyal or patient, it just makes you smaller over time.

And here’s the part that matters most:

Realizing you stayed too long doesn’t mean you failed.

It means you’re finally paying attention.

That awareness is not the end of your story.

It’s usually the beginning of the next one.

And sometimes, the hardest apology at work isn’t to a manager or a company.

It’s the quiet one you make to yourself
and then decide to do something different.

Do you agree?

🙏 🙏🙏

Someone once said: You spend the first 10 years building your career… and the next 10 years trying to protect your health and time from it.

When I heard it, I laughed.

Then I realized it wasn’t a joke.

In our 20s, we chase momentum.

Late nights feel normal.

Weekend work feels like dedication.

Travel feels exciting.

Stress feels temporary.

We think energy is unlimited and careers need constant acceleration.

But somewhere in our 30s and 40s, the conversation changes.

Sleep starts to matter.

Silence becomes valuable.

Time feels expensive.

Health becomes non-negotiable.

You stop being impressed by job titles and start valuing peace.

You stop caring about being the busiest person in the room and start caring about being present with the people who matter.

You realize growth isn’t always about climbing higher.

Sometimes growth is learning how to say:

“No.”
“Not now.”
“That can wait.”
“That’s not worth my energy anymore.”

Ambition doesn’t die.

It matures.

It shifts from proving yourself to choosing yourself.

And somewhere in that transition, work stops being your identity and becomes just one part of a full life.

Today sit with this thought for a moment.

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Top Interview Questions for Valuations Role. 

[1] What is Free Cash Flow to Firm?
[2] What is Free Cash Flow to Equity?
[3] What is Dividend Discount Model?
[4] What is the Difference between Enterprise value and equity value?
[5] What is the difference between trailing PE and forward PE?
[6] What are the most common multiples used in valuation?
[7] How would you present these valuation methodologies to investors?
[8] What are the three most used methodologies of valuation, and how would you rank them?

[9] Other than these three, what are the other methodologies? Give a brief.
[10] What is precedent transactional analysis?
[11] Are there any factors through which you can choose comparable companies?
[12] How do you value a bank?
[13] What are some examples of industry-specific multiples?
[14] When would you use the sum of the parts?
[15] When would you use a liquidation valuation & when liquidation valuation will produce the highest value?
[16] In the case of free cash flow multiples, what would you use – equity value or enterprise value?

[17] Which is Better PE or EV To EBITDA
[18] How do you value Box?
[19] Can Terminal Value be Negative?
[20] When would you not use a DCF in valuation?
[21] Would an LBO or DCF give higher valuation? Why?
[22] Let’s say that a company has no profit and no revenue. How would you value that company?
[23] How would you value a mango tree?
[24] What are the flaws with public company comparables?
[25] How would you value a private company?


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Reading books can make you a better analyst.
Reading books can make you a better investor.
Reading books can make you a better person.
Reading books can make you a better thinker.
Reading books can make you a better leader.

There are 100s of such benefits of reading books which I can keep on writing.

I always advice my students to start reading even if they are reading just 10 pages a day.

And don't just restrict yourself to a particular genre but read books across various topics, subjects etc.

As many of you must be knowing about the famous quote of legendary investor Charlie Munger:

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time."

While reading you learn from the experience of others and often start making judgements around various topics of that book in your mind which improves your thinking ability.

Don't procrastinate and if starting reading books was on your goal for 2025 then it's still not too late. Start today.


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Top FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Interview Questions. 

[1] Tell me about the difference between a balance sheet, a cash flow statement and an income statement.
[2] What is the difference between short-form and long-term cash flow?
[3] How can you reflect an inventory write-down on financial statements?
[4] How do you document liquidity?
[5] How do you prepare an important report for interested parties?
[6] What makes an effective financial planning spreadsheet?
[7] Define working capital.

[8] What does the net present value (NPV) mean?
[9] Tell me about where you get your financial news.
[10] Explain some valuation techniques.
[11] How do an organisation's long-term financial goals influence planning?
[12] Explain how you visualise financial data.
[13] What is a variance?
[14] What does EBITDA stand for?

[15] What is free cash flow?
[16] What is a long-term liability and why is it important?
[17] Explain what the DuPont model is.
[18] How often do you prepare each financial statement?
[19] If management asks you for a quick summary of the company's financial status, where would you look first?
[20] Have you managed rolling budgets before?
[21] Have you ever worked with negative working capital?


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You are wasting time if you are doing sales in the name of finance. 

It looks so cool to work as a finance intern until you get to know that the only thing you have to do is sales.

I don't know why such types of companies even exist who play with the emotions of students by giving them a fancy title and fake hopes. 

Have you ever wondered why companies can't specify beforehand that it is a sales role and not Finance? 

Because people are more attracted towards this title thinking that they will get the better opportunities and pay. 

There are many students who do it just to get that finance intern tag irrespective of the work. 

Please don't do this. You are wasting your time and the space in your resume.

It's better to wait for a while and keep searching on LinkedIn for some genuine opportunities. 

You don't need to start your corporate career from the 1st year of college itself. Don't be in a hurry.

Hope this will help you in taking the right decision.


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Just copy pasting numbers on a templated financial model will never help you.

I think we all see dozens of financial model on LinkedIn every day.

But what about the quality of these reports?

Will just copying the numbers from screener and blindly applying the historical growth rate help you get a job?

The answer is no and the fact is that I see this thing only in most of the models.

I have said it again and again that being able to make a financial model is not an edge.

Anyone can learn within a week. It's just Microsoft Excel + Financial Analysis and nothing else.

In many models I see that the excel skills are good but what about analysis skills? That's where the problem is.

Spend very less time in making a model and as much time as you can in understanding the business and its industry.

Go through the annual reports in detail and read as many documents as you can. Then only you will be able to make reliable projections and efficient reports.

Till then it's of no use!!


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Do you think you can win in the stock market just because you are a CA, CFA or MBA? 

See this story of a Rich Family who lost everything in the 1995-96 stock market crash. 

I found this amazing article by the PPFAS Mutual Fund where a father destroyed his wealth because of his son who is a CA. 

Just give your 2 minutes to this article and the learnings you will get is priceless. 

Quick Overview:-

A father believed that his newly qualified CA son can better manage his portfolio than the experienced Fund Managers at PPFAS. 

The father didn't listen to the managers and handed over the portfolio to his son. 

As a result, the child lost it all in the 1995-96 crash. The father had a stroke and they had to leave Mumbai permanently and settle down in their hometown in Gujarat. 

You will make a big mistake if you are missing it.


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Stock Market 


How to get better at equity research?

The most wanted career option in today's time and most of you are going wrong about it.

Most of you think that just by clearing CFA you will become a top notch analyst earning in lakhs every month.

But it's not that simple as it seems.

As I always say, CFA is just a starting point and the real hardwork starts after that.

CFA will help you in gaining quantitative knowledge i.e. how to read financial, how valuations are used, how the three statements are linked etc.

But the real equity research goes beyond that. You also need to develop top notch qualitative skills which can help you make sense of the numbers and valuations.

Just understand a simple thing: every analyst has the same financials, reports and numbers which you have. So will you be able to differentiate yourself in your research?

By adding a qualitative edge. And that will when you will read annual reports and conference calls of different companies from different sectors.

Also when you will read about the successful investors and their mistakes.


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Top 10 MBA finance colleges in India.

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Let's breakdown the syllabus of ACCA in 2025.

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Hi, I’m Ganesh Nayak, founder of Fintelligents. If you’ve been in finance long enough, you have seen two things happen at once: data volumes explode, 

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