Road to a Venture Capital Career: Practical Strategies and Tips to Break Into The Industry

There were tons of lessons, but I will pick three key ones. First, we recruited for talent, not experience.

A venture capital firm invests under the premise of an upside scenario, this is to say that if the firm invests in 10 companies through the fund, they only expect one or two companies to hit a home run (an 8-10x return or more), and couple solid returns ( >1x), while the other six or seven companies may fail (no return) or simply return the amou