
The organization is more top heavy than ever with the recent layoffs so this house of cards doesn't look "leaner and meaner" to me. Not a single person in upper management has sold anything other than Medicare supplement and hasn't used the company's constantly tweaked Salesforce platform, constantly changing quoting and enrolling platform, constantly changing dialer, and constantly changing compliance and comp plans to feed their fat salaries in years. Reports from the inside paint a picture - more. I pray the decision was a tough one to make but it's hard to state that fact with any certainty. Trading valuable experience (and salary) for another year to try and right the ship and survive as a company. In early 2022, SVG downsized approximately 30% of its workforce (or approximately 290 individuals) without notice. Couple these losses with investors unwilling to invest further and the result, by all accounts, was a last ditch effort to save the company. In 2021, SVG had an extremely high attrition rate with newly hired agents. C level employees began jumping ship and the cracks began to evolve into crevasses. So too did the constant communication internally about how successful the company was and how much revenue was being generated. Unfortunately, SVG had neither.Įventually, the "best place to work" campaigns came to an end. To scale successfully, a company must have a solid foundation and senior leadership that is fully aligned strategically. SVG heavily invested in agent growth year after year despite multiple red flags and against internal department recommendations. Then came the rapid growth and the external investors that only prioritized the bottom line. In turn, the employees were proud as well and rated the company highly because they were working to make the business successful. The company was proud of this accomplishment and proactively encouraged employees to rate the company highly. Associates will also be responsible for generating deal term sheets to be reviewed by the Investment Committee, and working with co-investors to close and fund the deals.SVG was once considered a "best place to work" in Kansas City. They will also be responsible for monitoring current holdings. Associates (~6) - will attend investment meetings, supervise analysts and oversee their analysis, organize due diligence, and be involved in deal terms.Analysts will primarily assist in industry and company analysis and specific deal due diligence Analyst (~9) - This will generally be the first role that students are involved in when they join the SVF team.AFM 418 PRJ (0.25) – Special Topics in Finance or Accounting (Student Venture Fund) and will receive a CR/NCR grade.Ĭlasses are held on Tuesdays from 5:30-8:20pm.Students selected to the fund will be enrolled in: Students will be selected through an application and interview process based on academic performance, work experience, aptitude, work ethic and interest in entrepreneurship. Demonstrated ability for self-directed work.Ability to travel throughout GTA/K-W corridor.Description of the emerging technologies that most interest you, with reasons.Relevant work or investing experience you have.

The cover letter should address the following: Students cannot be enrolled concurrently in the SVF and the Student Investment FundĪpply to the fund with a resume, cover letter and unofficial transcript.Managerial Finance 2 (AFM 274), Corporate Finance 2 (AFM 372) or MBET Finance course.Can be involved as early as the second year for SAF students and the second term for MBET students.Enrolled in the following programs: AFM, Biotechnology/CPA, CFM, Mathematics/ CPA, Master of Accounting and MBET.We invite applications for the Student Venture Fund from the following: The call for applications for the Spring term will be sent in late October/early November, and for the Fall and Winter term in July.
