If you were advising a college student who wants a finance career in CPG, what’s the #1 early skill they should build? My vote: learning how a P&L really works, not just modeling it.

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CPG… corporate properties?

Consumer package goods

Yes, I agree.

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P&L is important, but I think learning to be curious and ask questions to fully understand what they’re working with goes a step further

For sure

I’ve noticed that a lot of kids don’t understand how the financial statements are related. For example, adding assets to the balance sheet creates a depreciation expense. Also I think understanding costing is huge.

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