Internship season is approaching.
Intern Accelerator is a structured training program that standardizes intern capability, accelerates ramp time, and returns senior investor time to high-value work.
Without a
structured
program...
Senior analysts spend the first weeks answering basic questions instead of doing real work
Output is inconsistent across the intern class and requires constant hand-holding
By the time interns find their footing, the summer is half over
End-of-summer evaluations are based on gut feel, not demonstrated ability
Intern Accelerator.
Foundations
What it means to be a professional
Week 1: Foundational Seminar
- What Great Interns Actually Do
- How the Investment Process Works
- The Analyst's Role: Expectations and Output
- Daily Workflow & Time Management
Week 2: Financial Modeling
- Driver-Based Operating Models
- Scenario Construction & Outputs
- Clean, Auditable Model Structure
Week 3: AI in Investing
- AI Tools For Research & Analysis
- Transcript Synthesis & Idea Gen
- Building An AI-Augmented Workflow
Core
Doing the Real Work
Week 4: Analyze an Industry
- Industry structure & return ranges
- Durable vs. temporary advantages
Week 5: Analyze a Business
- Unit economics, ROIC & moats
- Key driver identification
Week 6: Why Stocks Move
- Earnings, multiples & sentiment
- How expectations drive returns
Week 7: Earnings Season
- Earnings prep & real-time analysis
- Post-earnings thesis updates
Week 8: Thesis Development
- Building conviction & variant view
- Base / Bull / Bear framing
Projects
Capstone Deliverables
Week 9: Pitch Like a Pro
- Structuring a stock pitch
- Presenting under pressure
- Handling Q&A and pushback
Week 10: Wrapping Up
- Live pitch to senior investors
- Peer review & feedback session
- Converting your internship
Brett Caughran
Founder of Fundamental Edge and former hedge fund analyst and portfolio manager with 13+ years on the buy side. Built the Intern Accelerator curriculum from the same frameworks he used to evaluate businesses and manage risk with real capital.
Marc Greenberg, CFA
Marc Greenberg is the founder of Greener Pastures and a former senior research leader across multiple long/short equity hedge funds. He held leadership roles at AllianceBernstein, Deutsche Bank, Point72, Cinctive Capital, and J. Goldman, and helped build Point72’s Idea Lab, integrating data and technology into the investment process.
Andrew Carr
Senior instructor at Fundamental Edge with deep expertise in fundamental analysis, financial modeling, and structured training programs. Has mentored numerous early-career analysts through their transition into professional investment roles.
Paul Johnson
Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School since 1992, where he has taught securities analysis and value investing to over 1,500 students. Co-author of Pitch the Perfect Investment: The Essential Guide to Winning on Wall Street and five-time recipient of Columbia’s Commitment to Excellence award.
Schedule a call.
Meet with the Fundamental Edge team to discuss how Intern Accelerator can improve outcomes this summer.
Enroll your interns before day one.
Interns arrive with a professional foundation already in place — frameworks, expectations, and workflows covered before they ever hit the desk.
Recoup valuable time.
Interns will be guided through a structured curriculum, freeing up time for the rest of the staff to engage in more additive activities.
Full program access with the summer cohort.
- 10-week curriculum
- 3 live seminars
- Weekly office hours
- All templates & recordings
- Certificate of completion
Everything in Cohort, plus personalized coaching
- Everything in cohort
- Six 1-1 coaching sessions
- Pre-work eval + feedback
- Project guidance/feedback
- Firm approval coordinated
A tailored program built for your intern class
- Firm-specific case studies
- Dedicated sessions/scheduling
- Pre-work eval + feedback
- Project guidance/feedback
- Firm approval coordinated