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File 03 — for students

This isn't a consulting club.

You run the research, build the models, and present the work to a founder who's betting real money on the answer. One semester, one startup, work you keep.

What you'll work on

You'll build the skills every business field runs on — competitive analysis, financial modeling, market research, go-to-market, the deck that ties it together. Which ones you go deepest on depends on the project and what you want to get better at.

Competitive analysisFinancial modelingMarket researchGo-to-marketData analysisPresentations

What it's actually like

Real founders, real stakes.

Every week, for a semester, you work directly with a founder and present work to someone depending on it. Consumer, B2B, fintech, healthcare — every semester is different.

You leave with proof.

By the end you'll have a model, a research report, or a plan you actually built for a real company — something you can hand to a recruiter.

Leads who've done it.

Project leads have worked in VC, startups, or both. They'll push you when the work isn't good enough and back you when it is.

A small org on purpose.

Coffee chats, socials, late nights in Huntsman. People here actually know each other.

Beyond the work

A presenter engaging the room at a general body meeting
GBM — analysts present what they've built
Altus coffee roulette
Coffee roulette — paired up every two weeks
An analyst presenting project work to the org
Project review — the work, in front of the org
Altus Strategies
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Want in?

We take a new analyst class at the start of each semester. Here's how recruiting works and how to hear the day it opens.