Resources and info for choosing your career path in venture capital
- Henrik Wetter Sanchez (Playfair Capital) writes about the “Lessons he’s learn as a VC Associate”
- Taylor Davidson (Foresight & Possibilian Ventures) share’s “23 Things I’ve Learned as a VC”
- Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed Venture Partners gives advice about how VC’s can differentiate themselves from the pack
- Haje Jan Kamps shares his path to becoming the Director of Portfolio at Bolt.
- Sarah Downey, a Principal at Accomplice, shares her path to VC — and why there is no “path”.
- Leo Polovets at Susa Ventures has developed an excellent three part series; “Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund. (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).”
- Andrew Parker (Partner at Spark Capital) on what it’s like to be a career VC
- Dealing with a junior VC (part 1 and part 2) by Healy Jones
- My comments about Mike Lazerow’s CNNMoney post, which was a clinic on how junior VCs can add value
- For the aspiring venture capital interns in the house:
- Alexandre Obadia on being a venture capital summer Intern.
- A post (by me) that talks about which NYC venture capital firms hired interns while I was at Columbia
- A Chicago Booth MBA student shares the 9 things he learned during his VC internship
- AskTheVC post about analyst roles
- Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge on the onramps to venture capital
- VC lingo I’ve picked up over the years
- Bessemer alum and now Hunch.com founder Chris Dixon discussing VC careers (has a killer comment thread as well)
- Another one from Chris Dixon, this time about what he thinks is the ideal college major for someone considering internet/tech VC.
- A biopharma VC gives his thoughts on VC career path
- Rob Go of Nextview reveals some of the not-so-glamorous aspects of being a VC, and writes about how not to be an annoying VC associate
- Sarah Tavel (formerly of Bessemer Venture Partners) on what she learned during her time as a VC
- Brian Watson of Union Square Ventures on what he learned in two years at USV
- Elad Gil (Mixer Labs) on what makes a good VC
- Erica Swallow on being a female in in venture capital
- Taylor Davidson on 23 things he learned as a VC
- Sam Gerstenzang on seven things he learned in venture during his time with Andreessen Horowitz
- Hunter Walk interviews Forerunner’s Eurie Kim on her career path
- David Teten, Founder + Partner at Versatile Venture Capital, shares best practices for putting together startup financial models and employee stock option plans
- Jason Lemkin of Storm Ventures writes about 8 mistakes that can be made in the first 18 Months as a VC partner
- Jay Acunzo of NextView Ventures & yours truly join Nick Moran of The Full Ratchet to discuss building an investor brand (part 1)
- Tim Flannery writes about where VCs go to school to get their MBAs, and where he’s getting his
- Jason Lemkin discusses some tips for a new associate at a VC firm
- Jake Rosenfeld on why he’s joining Correlation Ventures
- Jason D. Rowley of Mattermark wrote a Beginner’s Guide To VC
- A (Junior) VC writes that the best place for junior VCs to hang is on the fringe
- Niraj Pant, a student at UIUC and student partner at Binary Capital, writes about student VC programs
- Lee Hower, GP at NextView Ventures, answers “How and why did you become a venture capitalist?” on Quora
- MG Siegler talks about going from blogger to VC
- Ping Li of Accel Partners is interviewed by Tech Republic about the intersection of big data and venture capital
- Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners: “If I were to go back, I’d skip all my operating experience and go straight into VC”
- Hunter Walk offers his career advice to aspiring VCs
- Teddy Citrin of Greycroft writes about the common qualities of VCs and how product management prepared him for his role as a VC
- Tips from Mark Davis on how to stay top of mind with a VC, without being annoying and his theory about how the last man or woman standing will be the one that gets the VC job
- Tips from an investment banker who moved into VC
- Sarah Tavel of Bessemer defending the “young VC” and her post on the pre-MBA hiring process at her firm
- Adam Ludwin of RRE Ventures shares 3 tips on how to score that coveted post-MBA VC job
- Alexander Taub writes about a surefire way to break into VC
- Lily Lyman @ Underscore VC shares her 7 insights moving from an operating role to investing
- Leah Fessler of NextView Ventures offers insight into her first two months in Venture Capital.