I got reached out to about a VC role, but I had never considered VC before. I do Product Management Consulting, but I do have both an undergrad business education and product design experience.

What books / articles / sources do you reccommend if I want to learn more about VC?

If you have worked in VC, what thoughts or advice would you want to share?

Thanks for any info or advice you can share!

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Books: Venture Deals. Good to Great, The Lean Startup

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And mastering the VC game

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I recommend mastering the VC game

You should also check out the Union Square ventures blog. It is retired now but Fred posted great things for many years

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Check out VC university or the venture deals online course, both courses are a great into to VC, and the venture deals course follows the book well.

For the VC understand what stage they invest in, if they have any industry specialties or theses they follow.

Read some blogs and newsletters to learn more about current tech trends, stratechery is good, TechCrunch, the verge, strictly VC or axios pro rata for daily deals download

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check our john gannon’s VC blog and subscribe to his mailing list on job opportunities

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Follow Brad Feld, Steve case, and other influential VC’s in the space. Good luck!

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