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Venture Capital Jobs

Venture Capital Gains Momentum in New York

September 6, 2010

The venture capital sector in New York imploded after the dot-com bust, just like its cousins out on the west coast and elsewhere. But over the past decade, the city has been slowly retooling into a venture capital hotbed where start-ups in software development, media and advertising are thriving. Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick had an […]

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Venture Capital Pros Need to Be a Talent Scouts

August 23, 2010

Venture capitalists today, more than ever, need to be talent scout, says Saad Khan, in a guest article for Forbes. Khan is a partner at the venture capital firm of CMEA Capital where he leads CMEA’s Web, digital media, and twinkle-stage investments in Pixazza, Blekko and Jobvite. As incubators for embryonic companies, venture capitalists have […]

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The Pendulum Swings in Venture Capital Jobs

August 9, 2010

Venture capital website Xconomy recently interviewed Kate Mitchell and Rory O’Driscoll, both general partners at Scale Venture Partners, a Foster City, CA-based firm that focuses on helping startups through the middle stage of their growth, for their take on the wild swings in the venture capital industry. Mitchell is also the incoming chairperson for the […]

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Private Equity Job Searches and the Importance of Mindset

July 19, 2010

We recently caught up with Pam Lassiter, Author of The New Job Security and Principal of Lassiter Consulting. Pam has provided sage career advice for over 30 years and has seen many up and down job markets. Her comments are both insightful and practical advice for someone looking for private equity jobs. Here is an […]

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New Generation of Venture Capitalists in the Making

June 28, 2010

After facing one of the toughest declines in entry-level job hiring in decades, many recent college graduates are choosing to launch their own businesses, rather than pursue more conventional summer jobs. It’s not just a tough job market that’s driving the trend. Many 20-somethings are more comfortable with new technologies such as social networking that […]

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10 Years in a Venture Capital Job and You Are Just Getting Started

June 14, 2010

David Hornik is a partner at August Capital, a Menlo Park, CA, venture capital firm, and a respected invested in software companies. He recently started his own blog called VentureBlog, a Random Walk Down Sand Hill Road. Yet after 10 years in the business, he still struggled with what to write about. A partner at […]

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Will Low-Cost Start-Ups Spur More Venture Capital Jobs?

May 31, 2010

Fifteen years ago it took some serious cash to help a fledgling tech company get off the ground. You need a few million dollars of seed money for hiring talent, office space, equipment, marketing and promotion. But today the technology costs of getting started has dropped dramatically, reports Smartplanet.com Thanks to the rapidly shrinking costs […]

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Life Does Not Provide Rollover Minutes

May 3, 2010

What is the price of working in high-paying financial jobs? We studied hard in school, did the internship, went back to grad school and, with a little luck, landed a great job at the investment firm of our choice. So, why do so many of us wake up one morning feeling like we have become […]

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The Downside of Job Hopping in Venture Capital

May 3, 2010

Mark Suster is a successful serial entrepreneur who sold a company to Salesforce.com and then joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner. Today, he focuses on early-stage technology companies and writes a popular venture capital blog, Both Sides of the Table. Recently, Mark weighed in on the downside of job-hopping in the venture […]

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Why Aren’t There More Women in Venture Capital Jobs?

April 19, 2010

That’s the question pondered by Janine de Nysschen, a business consultant and guest blogger for the New York Entrepreneur Week conference which took place last week in Manhattan. In her article titled “Why Men Get VC Money and Women Don’t … and How That is Changing,” de Nysschen argues that nine times out of ten, […]

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