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Entry-Level |
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A dip shit u grad |
| Date Posted: |
10/08/2000 |
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It really is bizarro to hear about people saying that consulting is poor preparation for VC. It shows you're looking at skills like an accounting major from Dipshit U or an EE, for god's sake.
VC firms don't give a fuck if you can analyze or build a business or anything. They care about a few things (when hiring below the partner level):
1. Did you have a prestigious eductional pedigree?
2. Can you schmooze like a mother-fuck?
3. Are you good-looking?
4. Can you wheel and deal?
5. Do you know lots of players?
6. Does your work pedigree sound prestigious?
7. Can you talk bullshit like nobody's business?
8. Are you arrogant and pretentious enough?
They don't care whether you worked for Bain or Goldman or Microsoft or Wilson Sonsini. Makes no difference. Same shit to them. Do any of those jobs and get an MBA from Stanford or Harvard (or a JD or PHD) and you're ready to rock and roll.
If you're getting caught up in "whether my experience is right to become a VC", you're clearly not ready to become a VC - you lack the arrogance and brutality necessary.
The VC biz is not a what you know business. It's a who you know business. |
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I graduated from a dip shit u(big 10 nonetheless),got my cpa worked at AA for a couple of years,then went on to Northwestern JD/MBA program. I can tell you this, I have more offers from VC's than any Mckinsey,Bain or BCG grad who took art history at Yale and an MBA at Harvard simply because I have a tangible skill set. 'Cos at the end of the day a CPA and law degree is all you need. An MBA gives you that fuzzy feeling inside but isn't worth shit outside the dinner parties.
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