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Venture Capital Jobs

Start Your Venture Capital Job Search with These Firms

May 30, 2011

Chris Farmer, who holds a venture capital job at General Catalyst Partners in Cambridge, MA, has come up with a unique way of ranking the top venture capital firms. He’s modeled his approach after Google’s PageRank system, which ranks search results based on how many links each webpage gets from other sites. In Famer’s system, […]

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Another Hotspot for Venture Capital Jobs

May 16, 2011

Although Silicon Valley and New England still lead in the overall rankings, New York City is shaping up as the fastest growing region for venture capital jobs and investments, notes Bloomberg. Figures from the National Venture Capital Association show that there were 350 venture investments totaling $1.88 billion in the Big Apple in 2010, a […]

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What a Venture Capital Investor Worries About

March 21, 2011

Roger Ehrenberg, founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, recently penned a first-person account of what keeps venture capital investors like himself up at night. It’s a good primer for anyone interested in a venture capital job. His firm, IA Ventures funds early-stage companies that focus on the development of innovative tools, technologies and analytics for […]

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Focus Your Venture Capital Job Search Here

March 7, 2011

Venture capital investment is springing back to life, and one industry insider has identified several areas that entrepreneurs should focus on if they want to attract funding. But given the fact that seed-stage and early-stage venture capital will be flowing to these spaces, it might make sense to target them with your venture capital job […]

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Finding That Entry-Level Venture Capital Job

February 21, 2011

Adam Ludwin, an associate with RRE Ventures in New York City, recently penned perhaps the most practical short guide to landing a lower-level job in venture capital. Be forewarned: there are no shortcuts and the journey may seem arduous to all but the most highly motivated candidates, according to his reprinted article in Fortune. But […]

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On-the-Job Training for Venture Capital Jobs

January 10, 2011

Moving up inside a venture capital firm used to be a straightforward process. Once you landed a job as a venture capital associate, you plowed through a lot of due diligence work for the firm and paid close attention in partner meetings. But things have changed, according to an article in Mass High Tech. The […]

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From Trading Exec to Venture Capital Success

December 13, 2010

Roger Ehrenberg recently launched his first venture capital fund, IA Ventures, with $50 million in commitments from investors. In a recent article published by BusinessInsider, he thanked his supporters and offered a glimpse into why he felt he was successful in making the transition from Wall Street trading executive to manager of a $50 million […]

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First Impressions for Venture Capital Job Interviews

November 29, 2010

You never get a second chance at making a good first impression, as the saying goes. But you’d be surprised how many people meeting with venture capitalists ignore that maxim says Anthony Tjan. Tjan works for a venture capital firm and is often on the other side of the desk, interviewing candidates and entrepreneurs who […]

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Venture Capital Jobs Next Big Opportunity?

November 15, 2010

Venture capital job seekers may soon be packing their bags for Brazil or Mexico, rather than the traditional destinations of India, China, and Silicon Valley. That’s the opinion of Leonardo Navarro, writing in the Wharton Journal. Full disclosure: Navarro is currently enrolled in a special Wharton-Lauder MBA/MA program that’s geared toward preparing candidates for the […]

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California Venture Capital Jobs Sprout from Cleantech

October 18, 2010

California and its hedge fund industry is clearly benefiting from the state’s reputation as a cleantech innovator and early adopter of energy efficient technology, according to a new data released by various industry groups. A story from Reuters reveals that manufacturing employment in California’s green economy expanded by 19 percent from 1995 to 2008, despite […]

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