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logicslave on Aug 18, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How to become a partner at a Venture Capit...

One or all of:

1.) Have a good exit on a startup you founded

2.) Go to Stanford/Harvard

3.) Work as an executive in tech

MaxHoppersGhost on Aug 18, 2020 [–]

4.) Born rich and with connections

(which seems to be how all my b school classmates who made it into VC did it)

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