Max Adams
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Nailing IB Networking: Cold Emails That Get Replies

60 min
Sep 16, 2026 8:00 PM

What you'll learn

Write a cold email a banker will answer

The subject line, the ask, and the length that separate a reply from silence, with before-and-after examples.

Stand out in an AI-generated inbox

What analysts see 40 times a day, and the details that make your note read like a person wrote it.

Turn one 15-minute call into an interview

How to run the call, what to ask, and the follow-up cadence that gets you pushed to HR.

Why this topic matters

Networking decides who gets banking interviews, and it is the part most candidates do badly. A response rate in the single digits is not a numbers problem, it is a message problem. Fix the email, the ask, and the follow-up, and cold outreach turns into the referrals that put your resume on a banker's desk instead of in a portal.

You'll learn from

Max Adams

Max Adams

Head Coach at Wall Street Mastermind | Ex-Lazard, Qatalyst & Vector Capital

Experience includes
Lazard
Qatalyst Partners
Stanford University
Harvard University
Vector Capital Management
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