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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Expert Networks.

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How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm

TechCrunch

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Akshat Dixit is a senior at North Carolina State University, an intern at Versatile VC , and a past intern with the HBS Alumni Angels Association and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Scouts help promote diversity in VC.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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Three Words Entrepreneurs (and VC’s) Should Take to Heart

Both Sides of the Table

” I said I learned this 15 years ago because that is when I stopped being a consultant. .” ” I said I learned this 15 years ago because that is when I stopped being a consultant. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I had to laugh a bit reading it. MBA fine, but not required.

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Cultivating a Practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecosystem Building Programs

Ecosystem Builder Hub

As part of the Insights from the Field campaign, I wanted to hear from other ecosystem builders in the field about their approaches to DEI, and hopefully identify specific techniques that they’ve incorporated in their communities. Kate Jackson, an ecosystem builder in the Chicago area, described the ‘why’ of this beautifully.

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What the Facebook IPO means: 10 things

This is going to be BIG.

I'd say it has to be payments, because knowing who your friends are gives them a natural advantage in peer to peer. Recruiting for banking and consulting will become that much harder. Recruiting for banking and consulting will become that much harder. 10) Goosed VC returns. If you're just money, you are toast.