Financial Modeling (Sameer Jagetia) - Cornerstones Training Series #3

Minimum Viable Podcast (MVP)

Finding dual-use viability or an appropriate market approach when working with government is challenging, and government employees working with emerging companies will also benefit from learning about their experiences and pain points.

Sameer Jagetia founder of Robuzz (current company) and Redbooks (sold), was ranked #10 globally in financial modeling (Modeloff) in 2019 is an entrepreneur and investor. Robuzz, a machine learning / natural language processing (ML/NLP) application pushes real-time news alerts on People and Companies. He was also the Chairman and President of Redbooks, a leading information services and technology company focused on sales intelligence for the media industry (acquired by The List Partners in 2018). Prior to Robuzz and Redbooks, Sameer was a hedge fund investor at TCS Capital Management, the largest hedge fund dedicated to TMT at the time.

He began his career at Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) as an investment banker in the telecommunications group. Sameer is currently ranked #10 globally in financial modeling (Modeloff). You can reach him at [e-mail]

Topics Discussed

• What is financial modeling?
• Why build financial models?
• Best practices
• Tips and Tricks
• Dangers of a bad model and common errors

The Cornerstones Series brings in speakers to address issues for emerging companies and investors as part of DEF's mission to promote a culture of innovation in the national security community.

Although the series is designed for entrepreneurs and investors interested in national security, intrapreneurs in government will also benefit from the opportunity to learn from those developing capabilities and working on projects that impact and support government employees.