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Venture Capital 101 : The Guide for Everything you Need
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    • Venture Capital 101 : The Guide for Everything you Need to Know
    • Table of Contents
    • What is Venture Capital?
      • Venture Hierarchy
      • Who Invests Where
      • Funding Stages
      • How Do VCs Make Money
    • On Breaking into Venture Capital
      • What VC Look For: Skills You Should Have
        • Where Should I Work?
        • On Sourcing Companies
          • How To: Source Startups
          • How to Cold Outreach a Founder (Template)
        • On Writing Investment Memos
          • How To: Write an Investment Memo
          • Investment Memo Template
        • On Evaluating Companies/ Due Diligence
          • How To: Evaluate Startups
      • Building a Brand
      • On Finding A Venture Job/Internship
        • Venture Job Board
          • Venture Capital Cold Outreach (Template)
          • Venture Scouting & Fellowships
        • How to Ace the Venture Interview
    • Congrats! You Got the Job - What to Expect & How to Succeed
      • Venture Compensation $$$
      • How to Prepare for Your 1st Day on the Job
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        A Day in the Life of a VC
    • Templates, Resource, Podcasts & More
      • Templates
        • Investor Deal Flow CRM Template
        • Personal CRM Template
        • How to Cold Outreach a Founder (Template)
        • Venture Capital Cold Outreach (Template)
      • Resources & Links
        • Venture Capital Terms 101
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A Day in the Life of a VC
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A Day in the Life of a VC

Depending on the fund, the day in the life of a VC is very different.
We’ll Here from a Few Perspectives Here (more to come!)

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Oliver Henry
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(Venture City - Investment Manager)
8 AM - 10 AM - catching up on emails, responding to founders, preparing any materials needed for internal calls
10 AM - 12 PM - internal calls about deal flow, internal objectives, upcoming large deliverables
12 PM - 3 PM - quiet time for investment analysis, project execution for LP-related objectives, research, article writing, etc.
3 PM - 6 PM - calls with founders and investors to network, share deal flow, advance deals up or out
6 PM - 7 PM - answer remaining emails, plan for the next day

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Michael Farace
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: Investment Team, Pegasus Tech Ventures
~ 8am: Catch up on emails from overnight
~ 8:30am: Plan out work that needs to be done for the day
9am: Outreach for various projects
10am-12pm: Startup calls (this varies obviously, but this time on my schedule is usually left open for startup calls
12pm-1pm: Lunch
1pm-3pm: Diligence work
3pm-4pm: Sourcing new deals
4pm onwards: LP calls when necessary. If no LP calls are scheduled, continue diligence and sourcing
5pm: Deck creation for upcoming projects/work with legal team on outstanding items
6pm: Back to diligence and sourcing
7pm: Answer remaining emails, have any debriefs necessary
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