This deck contains actionable tips that will help you accelerate your venture capital job hunt, and get you off on the right foot if you're just getting started on your quest to become a VC.
Topics include:
How to secure interviews (Hint: It's not by asking for a job)
How to identify which firms may be hiring (when they all say they're not hiring)
How to stand out from a ridiculously competitive pack of applicants
How to follow up like a pro
How to negotiate an offer
How to build a powerful network that will benefit you for the rest of your career, even if you don't end up working in VC
Note that the content will be heavily focused on how to secure a job in venture capital, but many of the tips will have applications to other kinds of job hunts.
10. Agenda
• Initial remarks
• Where are the jobs?
• Securing Interviews
• How to follow up like a pro (4 P’s)
• Closing the deal
• Standing out from the crowd
• Closing remarks
30. Things to remember if you’re getting
close to an offer…
• VCs live by the deal, and die by the deal
• References are critical
• If you’re this close, don’t give up!
• Every $ in salary to you is a $ less to the GPs
• Don’t sell yourself short