Fred Wilson on how he made it as a VC

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures just wrote a very informative and articulate post on how he made it as a VC.  Here's what Fred thinks you should do (as opposed to what he did):

The way you do that is you work for at least ten years in the industry, getting operating experience, building a killer rolodex, and learning how the business works from the inside. Then in your mid to late 30s, you can make the move to the venture capital business, as a partner, not as a wet behind the ears associate who doesn't know anything other than how to push numbers around a spreadsheet.

A number of VC firms do, in fact, hire precisely based on this profile.  If you're not prepared to take such a circuitous path, here's a post I wrote a while back on finding a job in venture capital.

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[GoFrostfire]

great post, but he is hardly a legend!

[Ron Towns]

Thanks for the post. Very intriguing. I'd suggest reading John Assaraf and Murray Smith's new book "The Answer," which relates to many of your posts I noticed. Thanks again. Here's the link: http://www.readtheanswer.com/index.php?rta=blog