PRINCIPLE 3

YOUR INVESTMENT THESIS IS YOUR FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS

Getting access to high-quality opportunities in venture capital—both when it comes to jobs and deal flow—requires investing your time wisely and learning to cultivate the right relationships within your network. The next step is understanding how to capitalize upon these relationships to ensure that you are putting yourself in the right position to be one of the “lucky” ones.

As Vanessa Larco pointed out in Principle 1, there are simply not enough hours in the day to meet every single company that has investment potential. Finding a way to efficiently funnel the right opportunities your way—and filter them once they’re in front of you—is a surefire way to create your own success ...

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