NEW YORK, NY (November 15, 2016) – Infinity Real Estate’s founder and managing partner Steven Kassin was featured at the NYU Stern Talks series held on Friday, November 11 at Tisch Hall. The program also featured Assistant Dean Ashish Bhatia of NYU Stern, Lee Ballin of Bloomberg LP and Tensie Whelan, Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, who spoke on their experiences in political economy, financial media & analytics and sustainability, respectively.
Kassin spoke to over 600 hundred undergraduate students about his decade-long career as a real estate developer and investor, describing the potential paths to land opportunities and build a career in the industry. Commenting on the ups and downs of the markets as well as the iconic nature, rarity, demand for and permanence of real estate, he stressed that those seeking to be in the business should be creative, enjoy problem solving and working closely with other people, and have a very strong stomach.
Stern Talks is a series of twenty-minute-long “TED-Style” talks presented by leading industry professionals and entrepreneurs about their notable career experiences and lessons learned, to provide inspiration and guidance to future business leaders currently attending the NYU Stern School of Business. Steven is an NYU Stern alumnus, an advisory board member of NYU Stern’s Center for Real Estate Finance & Research and a guest lecturer in both the undergraduate and graduate programs.
Highlights
Click on the following link to view the complete video of Kassin’s Stern Talk:
Steven Kassin’s 2016 Stern Talk – Complete
