Vc or mbb?

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Depends on interest primarily IMO. They are fundamentally different jobs. For me, I’m happier at BCG than I suspect I would be in VC.

If interest were identical, though, I’d say:
Top VC > MBB > Other VC

Top VC defined as top 10-20 firms (A16Z, Sequoia, etc.). There’s a HUGE amount of variation in VC shops; investment opportunities, comp, and exit opportunities are disproportionately better at the handful of top firms.

Don’t know exactly how long the list of top firms is, but I suspect it’s around 10-20 (maybe less).

Would appreciate someone closer to VC weighing in, though. This is second-hand info from people I’ve listened to in the space.

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this resonates with what I’ve heard - you want to join a VC with a strong brand and commercial platform over a brand new fund with an unknown founder, just like why you would want to join MBB over a random boutique

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