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Welcome to the latest episode of The Capital Cave! Today, we're chatting with Benjy Track, a student from the Ivey Business School who's been through some pretty big changes in his lifestyle during his time at Western University. Benjy opens up about being diagnosed with ADHD and how taking meds like Vyvanse has helped him study better, but also how it's impacted his personality and ab...

In this episode, we are joined by Dilan Abeygunasekara, a finance professional with experience in corporate development and strategic finance. Dilan shares his insights on various career paths in finance and how to navigate the recruiting landscape. Dilan talks about his experience conducting internal M&A for FreshBooks, a technology company and how it requires a mix of financial analysis, str...

Welcome to this episode of The Capital Cave Podcast where we are joined by Ameena Zehra and Nicholas Chong, Ivey Business/Computer Science dual degree students who have created a solution to our school's breakout room booking system called Ivey Learn Plus. In this episode, we dive into their experience creating this innovative technology and how it has impacted the Ivey community. But that&#39...

Vlad Nica is a fourth-year student at The University of Waterloo studying Mechanical Engineering. With co-op experiences at Toyota, and LA-based tech home design company Cover, Vlad has had the opportunity to learn a lot from efficiency-based and innovative engineering companies that has guided his plans for future personal projects. We also discuss how Tesla has revolutionized the automobile engi...

This week we take a deep dive into Ontario's real estate investment opportunities with Nil Hore. After graduating from Western's Ivey Business School in 2020, Nil began his career in management consulting but quickly realized his time would be better spent pursuing his passion, real estate. This career shift aligned his work and life goals by working in real estate wholesaling, and now as a mortga...

Ehsan is a 3rd-year psychology student at Western University that has always had a passion for the craftsmanship of barbers. In the past year, he has started his own barbershop business to service the student market in London, Ontario which has quickly scaled to occupy almost 40 hours a week of his time in addition to being a full-time student. As I am getting my haircut, we discuss what he has le...

A business undergraduate degree provides an endless stream of social, career, and academic opportunities that often leave students struggling to manage their time. Haider Zaidi - Schulich (York) Business, Hena Osmanlic - DeGroote (McMaster) Business, and Krishan Karia Ivey (Western) Business go over how they have spent their time so far at their Canadian business school: How to recruit for your dr...

Andrew Lu works at Empire Communities, one of North America's largest privately-held home builders. He recently went on a solo trip to Alberta as an avid mountain adventurer and has plenty of exciting stories to share. With a passion for real estate, we both keep up with the state of the housing market and give our take on how the industry has evolved throughout the decade and how record home pric...

This week we are joined by Darsh Khithani, a Waterloo graduate now working in the Influencer Marketing industry, and co-host of the Digital Dive Podcast. This episode goes deeper into the use cases, potential risks, legal implications, and opportunities within the artificial intelligence space. We also cover current trends and thoughts on the mass layoffs being seen in Big Tech and how they implic...

This week's episode covers the exciting progress of AI technology, specifically OpenAI and their ChatGPT technology. This platform can answer any question you ask it with a relatively above-average response and even create all sorts of original content. With the New York Times stating ChatGPT was able to achieve a 74% grade average taking Wharton Business School exams, this robot is smarter than m...

This week we are joined by Vikram Singh, a third-year computer science student at the University of Massachusetts, and incoming Sofware Engineering Intern at Amazon. This along with Investment Banking are traditionally known to be competitive, high paying, and long hour post-grad career paths. We discuss the approaches we have been taking to break into our respective industries including how to le...