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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
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        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
      • 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
Skills & experiences you should have or if you don’t have them - how to obtain them.

Qualitative Skills
A founder or investor network → participating in meetups & local tech events
Sourcing and on call experience with founders → joining fellowship programs such as Dorm Room Fund, GenZScouts and more
Writing Skills → practice writing investment memos from companies you meet
A great brand (more to this here) → build up your brand through twitter, launch a podcast, write about startups and more
Quantitive Skills
Basic financial literacy → Reading financial statements & basic modeling experience
Understanding key terms in the venture space and metrics → CAC, LTV, Run Rate etc
Experiences/School Backgrounds
50% of all VCs have either gotten their degrees from Harvard or Stanford
Early Stage VCs love either former founder or operator experience
PE/IB employees have historically been great fits at late stage funds
A select few VCs that also have been hired for their community building skills or vast networks


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