What are the best soft skills to learn for a career in VC or Early Stage Investing? I would think knowing how to read financial statements, communication, and negotiating but what are some things that may not be common knowledge?

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Deal flow and networking are key as well.

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Thanks! Totally agree

Listening and being humble enough to know you aren’t an expert in everything. Most VCs are larps, crypto turned AI experts overnight, and just copy what sequoia is doing.

Don’t do early-stage VC in the early stages of your career as you’ll not be able to add value (network, original insights that come only by working in an industry for years, etc)

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