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Hot Sectors for Venture Capital Jobs

November 9, 2009

Four sectors will lead the field for venture capital investment and job creation according to Rebecca Foreman Janjic, a partner at the Framingham, Mass.-based recruitment firm of Polachi, Inc. In an interview with Troymedia, she singles out: clean technology, mobile applications, consumer Internet/social media and infrastructure software. A venture capital job candidate with experience in […]

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Biggest Venture Capital Deals of the Year

October 26, 2009

After much angst over the drop-off in VC deals in 2008, activity appears to be heating up. The Wall Street Journal recently revealed the top 10 VC funding deals of the year, using data from Dow Jones VentureSource. It’s a must-know list for anyone interested in discussing the industry during their interview for a venture […]

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Venture Capitalists Deserve More Credit

October 15, 2009

Venture capitalists have been getting a bad rap in the press lately, either for lackluster 10-year returns, not supporting enough innovation, or even contributing to the financial meltdown. However, Paul Kedrosky, an investor, writer, and entrepreneur well known for his blog, Infectious Greed, and his columns for TheStreet/RealMoney, has a pointed defense of the industry […]

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California is the Place for Green Capital Jobs

September 30, 2009

There’s no better place for growing green technology start-ups and creating green-collar jobs than California. That’s the opinion of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a rebuttal published by Reuters to political rival Meg Whitman, who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008. Both are thinking […]

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Venture Capitalists Bet on Green Infrastructure for Job Growth

September 16, 2009

Venture capital backed IPOs hit a 30-year low last year, with just 6 venture-backed companies making a public debut, says Paul Holland and Steve Vassallo, partners at the Menlo, CA venture capital firm Foundation Capital. This isn’t just bad news for the venture capital industry. It’s bad news for the U.S. economy as a whole, […]

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Fewer Venture Capital Jobs but Higher Pay

September 9, 2009

A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that hiring in the Silicon Valley tech sector is down by 17 percent from 2000 to 2008. But wages for those who do manage to land a venture capital job are up by 36 percent. The report, in a Time magazine blog, indicates that Silicon Valley […]

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A New Breed of Venture Capitalists

August 19, 2009

A new crop of venture capitalists is springing up that not only want to earn a profit but also to invest in ventures that make the world a better place. One of them, a firm called Good Capital, even sponsors an annual conference to gather like-minded investors, employers and venture capital job seekers together in […]

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Venture Capital Jobs – Investor Relations

August 12, 2009

Investor relations professionals at venture capital firms play a dual role. First, they need to keep existing limited partners up-to-date on the fund’s performance, and confident about the firm’s management. Second, they participate, along with the principals, in attracting new investors, through presentations and other communications. Taking a disciplined approach to regular communications with current […]

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Venture Capital Jobs – Marketing

August 5, 2009

Marketing is critically important in the venture capital world, yet it plays a different role depending on whether you’re working at the venture capital firm or the start-up companies in which they invest. Smaller VC firms may hire outside consultants or marketing firms, while a larger, more established VC firm may have the resources to […]

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Venture Capital Job Culture

July 22, 2009

The venture capital world is comprised of a few hundred small firms, usually structured as partnerships and employing between 2 and 50 people. They are lean and flat organizations, dedicated to the entrepreneurial culture and usually focused on a particular industry niche such as technology, biotech, or more recently, clean technologies. Venture capitalists enjoy a […]

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