VC is not a "standardized" profession.

Author: Haseeb

Translated by: ShenChao TechFlow

If I were a young person wanting to enter the VC industry, I would do the following:

Writing.

Write short analyses on Twitter. Don’t write those vague philosophical market musings, as they will be considered AI-generated junk content or second-hand research. Unless you are exceptionally talented (but you probably aren’t), no one will read them.

Conduct original research, focusing on a specific company or niche sector. If you want to write about robots, that scope is too broad.

Narrow it down further—humanoid robots, medical robots, military robots, etc. Aim for an extremely granular level, down to the point where most people wouldn’t care. If it’s something you can find through a Google search, it’s not detailed enough.

You can’t easily find ways to do "original research." This isn’t something you can accomplish in a university library.

You must go and talk to employees of these companies, interview journalists who report on these companies, pay for subscriptions to industry-specific private research/newsletters, and follow all the employees/anonymized accounts on Twitter who gossip. Integrate a picture that readers of TechCrunch wouldn’t see.

Then write about this sector and the leading and emerging startups, tagging or DMing every mainstream institutional investor covering your field (you can find them because they have invested in a company in this sector).

If they express interest, proactively invite everyone you can to coffee. There will always be someone who accepts the invitation.

Do this enough times, and you will build a reputation, and eventually, a VC firm will give you an offer. No need to go to business school, no need for an outstanding angel investment portfolio, nothing is required.

"Getting good deal flow" is certainly great, but most people just can’t do it. If you are already in the Stanford undergraduate circle, you might not even need the advice to enter VC. But the strategies above—anyone can do them in principle. It just requires extraordinary execution and a willingness to do the work of a junior VC without anyone asking you to.

(While doing this, the best option is to work at a company in the sector you are pursuing. But depending on your background, this isn’t always feasible. The good news is that VC doesn’t require any specific background. There are many oddballs in the VC circle, including myself.)

I assure you, everyone wants to hire someone who can do the above. But very few candidates possess this level of execution.

VC is not a "standardized" profession. Hiring is random, firms are usually small and won’t expand, and there is no standard path. If you are willing to be a "weirdo," that’s a good thing for you. What VCs have in common is their passion for startups and understanding emerging industries. If you demonstrate that you already possess this, the path to VC will open up for you.

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