In prior posts about my “Upside-down VCs” research, I described my own experiences in venture capital that led me to question VCs’ choices about their internal org structures, VCs’ disincentives regarding hiring junior people, and the comments posted regarding the…
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Upside-down VCs, Part 3: Synthesis of Comments
Why do later-stage VC firms have more use for junior hires than do early-stage VC firms? Thank you again to all of the people who contributed comments to my query about junior hires in early-stage versus later-stage firms. As a…
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Upside-down VCs, Part 2: The Costs Versus Benefits of Junior Hires
In my first “Upside-down VCs” post, I asked for input on “upside-down” org structures in VC. Thank you to Jeff Barson and to two anonymous commenters (one of whom provided an excerpt from the “Understand the Math” part of this…
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Upside-down VCs, Part 1: The “First Morning” That Sparked It
“Does it matter how my VC structures his own firm internally? Why should I care whether he’s doing all the work or whether he’s delegating it to junior staff?” When you see the picture below, what’s your first thought? “Org…
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