Intern
Accelerator
Internship season is approaching.
Is your firm ready?
Intern Accelerator is a structured training program that standardizes intern quality, accelerates ramp time, and returns senior-investor time to high-value work.
Schedule a CallProgram Structure
Foundations
Learn how the seat actually works.
Week 1: Foundational Training
- How the investment process works
- The anatomy of a successful investment process
- Buy-side workflow and time management
Week 2: Financial Modeling
- Three-statement operating models
- Relative valuation and comps
- Core modeling and analysis skills
Week 4: AI in Investing
- AI tools for finance and analysis
- Using AI within the investment workflow
- Building AI-augmented workflows
Core
Think like a professional investor.
Week 3: Analyze an Industry
- Industry structure and value chain
- Durable vs. temporary advantages
Week 5: Analyze a Business
- Unit economics, ROIC and moats
- Key driver identification
Week 6: What Moves Stocks
- Earnings, narrative and investor expectations
- How expectations drive returns
Week 7: Earnings Season
- Earnings prep and real-time analysis
- Post-earnings process updates
Week 8: Thesis Development
- Investment thesis and variant view
- Bull, base and bear framing
Projects
Deliver real work product.
Week 9: Pitch Like a Pro
- Structure a stock pitch
- Presenting under pressure
- Handling Q&A and pushback
Week 10: Wrapping Up
- Live pitch to senior investors
- Peer review and feedback
- Graduating your internship
Instructors and Guest Speakers
Brett Caughran
Founder & Head Instructor
Brett brings 13 years of buy-side experience at Maverick, D.E. Shaw, Citadel, Ball Rock Fund, and Level1. Two Sigma and Schonfeld along with experience teaching FIN 494, “the hedge fund analyst process” at Arizona State University. He founded Fundamental Edge in 2022 to help redefine training on the buy-side.
Marc Greenberg, CFA
Founder, Greener Pastures
Marc Greenberg is the founder of Greener Pastures and a former senior research leader across multiple long/short equity hedge funds. His career includes senior leadership roles at Point72 and Cinctive Capital, with deep experience developing investment talent, research processes, and data-driven investment workflows.
Andrew Carr
Analyst Academy Instructor
Andrew brings ~7 years of buy-side experience at Balyasny, ExodusPoint, and Skyler Capital. With an expertise in coaching candidates to earn at single-manager, long-only, and multi-manager firms. Having made a career change and changed firms several times, Andrew understands the challenge of recruiting and the benefit of guidance.
Paul Johnson
Special Instructor
Paul brings over 35 years of experience as an investor and business school professor. He is the founder of Nicusa Investment Advisors and teaches value investing at Columbia Business School and the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Paul has also co-authored several notable books, including Pitch the Perfect Investment and The Gorilla Game.
How it Works
Download the SyllabusSchedule 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.
Schedule a CallPricing
Accelerator
$3,500
Full program access with the summer cohort.
- 10-week curriculum
- 3 live sessions
- Weekly office hours
- All templates & recordings
- Certificate of completion
Accelerator Pro
$6,500
Everything in Accelerator, plus personalized coaching.
- Everything in Accelerator
- Six 1-on-1 coaching sessions
- Pre-work email & feedback
- Project guidance & feedback
- Firm approval coordination
Custom – Teams 3+
Custom
A tailored program built for your intern class.
- Firm-specific examples
- Dedicated sessions / workshops
- Pre-work email & feedback
- Project guidance & feedback
- Firm approval coordination
Without a Structured Program
- Senior analysts spend their 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
Without structure, interns consume senior time
without producing real output.
Intern Accelerator gives every intern the foundation to contribute from day one,
and every firm the evidence to decide who belongs.
Student Testimonial
“It gave me a repeatable process that I could rely
on, as well as something credible I could take to
potential employers as a skill set.”