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In the ever-evolving world of finance, career transitions are not uncommon. Restructuring in the investment banking industry, such as a reduction in force (RIF), can create uncertainty and prompt professionals to seek new opportunities. For those looking for an alternative path, the dynamic landscape of startups can offer exciting challenges and growth potential. This article presents ten websites where investment banking professionals can explore job opportunities within the startup ecosystem.

In the ever-evolving world of finance, career transitions are not uncommon. Restructuring in the investment banking industry, such as a reduction in force (RIF), can create uncertainty and prompt professionals to seek new opportunities. For those looking for an alternative path, the dynamic landscape of startups can offer exciting challenges and growth potential. This article presents ten websites where investment banking professionals can explore job opportunities within the startup ecosystem.

In the ever-evolving world of finance, career transitions are not uncommon. Restructuring in the investment banking industry, such as a reduction in force (RIF), can create uncertainty and prompt professionals to seek new opportunities. For those looking for an alternative path, the dynamic landscape of startups can offer exciting challenges and growth potential. This article presents ten websites where investment banking professionals can explore job opportunities within the startup ecosystem

In the ever-evolving world of finance, career transitions are not uncommon. Restructuring in the investment banking industry, such as a reduction in force (RIF), can create uncertainty and prompt professionals to seek new opportunities. For those looking for an alternative path, the dynamic landscape of startups can offer exciting challenges and growth potential. This article presents ten websites where investment banking professionals can explore job opportunities within the startup ecosystem.

In the ever-evolving world of finance, career transitions are not uncommon. Restructuring in the investment banking industry, such as a reduction in force (RIF), can create uncertainty and prompt professionals to seek new opportunities. For those looking for an alternative path, the dynamic landscape of startups can offer exciting challenges and growth potential. This article presents ten websites where investment banking professionals can explore job opportunities within the startup ecosystem.

Last week, I sat down with Shahryar Barati, who after beginning his career in the corporate world at JPMorgan Chase & Co., had the unique opportunity to put on both a startup and VC investor hat at Capital Pilot, where he managed Autopilot VC, the UK’s first automated VC fund. He now runs Project Ventures which helps founders and VCs with fundraising and deal sourcing. We discussed hiring from a VC perspective, including the recruitment challenges faced by their portfolio companies and how VCs are increasingly hiring candidates with a background in startups/scaleups, as opposed to traditional corporates. Here is a clip from our conversation where we talk about the importance of hiring candidates who are as passionate as the founding team, and how that becomes increasingly challenging the more a company grows. To find out more about how we help VC-backed companies build their teams after raising funding, check out our embedded solution: https://lnkd.in/e2iDpJaQ Full version to be released soon! #VC #VChiring #hiringchallenges

Do the job without permission → the best way to break into VC I started as an angel, then as a syndicate lead. I’ve never worked at an institutional fund or needed to be hired to become an early-stage investor. Regardless, below, signature block / Weekend Fund highlights how doing the job might be the best way to then secure a job in venture capital. -- Once you’ve thought about how to best position yourself in your chosen niche, don’t wait for someone to give you a shot. Do the job before you have the job. As with most careers, employers value previous experience, so build street cred by “hiring yourself” for the job you want. There are many ways to do this, including: - Introducing promising founders in your network to investors in the same industry - Building your own investment portfolio (real or fantasy) - Publishing deep industry research or your unique investment thesis  - Using your expertise (e.g. sector or business model experience) to advise startups in your industry Doing the job before having it signals your seriousness about wanting the role and your resourcefulness to get started. It’s also a valuable signal of how much you enjoy the work. Seema Amble (a16z) on doing the job without permission" “The main piece of advice is to start doing the job before you get it – have a point of view on what companies you would invest in and why (or if you have the means, angel invest). Share your theses actively with firms and don’t send emails just asking for a general coffee catch-up. People are more likely to engage if they know you have something substantive to talk about!” Anne Dwane (Village Global) on doing the job without permission: “Do the job before you have the job. We love people who advise or help companies where they reached conviction, and can explain crisply what they found compelling about the founders, market, and product.” Joanne Chen (Foundation Capital) on doing the job without permission: “Audition for the role. Bring in founders, execs, people who the firm you’re talking to would want in their networks. Once you’ve demonstrated you can do the role, it’ll be obvious that they should hire you.”

If you're looking to get into VC, the best way to get into VC is to join an early stage startup. It isn't to study finance, or economics or anything else that a consulting or banking firm would require. The best VCs are operators. And typically the worst VCs haven't ever ran, or worked in a startup. Instead, they're ex-bankers, consultants, or finance people. Don't be that VC. Being an operator gives you credibility and insight into how things actually work, and what won't work, to both founders you'll one day invest in and the GPs that'll employ you. On the opposite hand, most VCs that have a finance, banking, or consulting background, know little of what they're asking or talking about. Be an operator.