How do you break into VC? What kinds of skills are most valuable / what do responsibilities look like at the junior level?

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Few ways and you can definitely create your own path here but from my experience and what I’ve seen:

-Founded a company
-Worked at start up
-Worked in IB
-connections

At junior levels important skills = understanding of general finance and the industry, good speaking abilities/strong phone, zoom etc presence (you are representing the firm when you do sourcing), ability to form an argument. I think patience is another good one

Responsibilities = sourcing, modeling (extent depends on stage of investing), networking, supporting partners

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