The idea was to create a book that would help people break into VC by leveraging AI throughout the learning, interviewing, job searching, and early years of VC. However, it needs so much more work.

I'm thinking of creating a venture capital 101 course and hosting it in this community. What do you think of this structure? Is there anything else I should include? Module 1: Introduction to Venture Capital - Subtopics: History, importance, and role of VC in startups. - Objective: Establish the context within which venture capital operates. Module 2: Key Players and Stakeholders - Subtopics: Limited Partners, General Partners, Entrepreneurs, Angels, Accelerators. - Objective: Understand the different entities and their roles. Module 3: The Deal Funnel - Subtopics: Sourcing deals, due diligence, and deal flow. - Objective: Learn how VCs find and evaluate startups. Module 4: Investment Thesis and Decision-making - Subtopics: Investment criteria, sector focus, and risk assessment. - Objective: Learn how VCs decide where to invest. Module 5: Financial Models and Valuations - Subtopics: Pre-money, post-money valuation, DCF models, and cap tables. - Objective: Equip learners with the financial tools necessary for venture investment. Module 6: Legal Aspects - Subtopics: Term sheets, equity classes, convertible notes. - Objective: Understand the legal structures around venture deals. Module 7: Post-investment Relationship - Subtopics: Board governance, mentoring, and scaling. - Objective: Learn about the relationship between VCs and startups post-investment. Module 8: Exits and Liquidity Events - Subtopics: IPOs, M&As, and secondary sales. - Objective: Understand how venture investments are realized.

I am Golnaz and I live in Tehran. I have worked as an analyst for several venture capitalist companies. Now I am interested in getting to know the world outside my country in this field.

I thought this post from The Generalist was quite interesting. It explores a study from 1984 outlining the habits of venture capitalists. The post showed that VCs had a median of 8.8 portfolio companies managed per person, with notable time spent with portfolio CEOs - 80 on-site and 30 phone hours annually per company. VCs were actively managing, even to the extent of replacing CEOs, and had a narrower investment focus with significant time commitments to ensure success. How do you think this would compare to today? I suspect that many VCs would have more portfolio companies and spend less time with each one, augmented by the platform services offered by many funds.

I’m Bernardt Vogel, Sr.Associate at VU Venture Partners and a Venture Analyst for New World Angels(consultant). I was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of my childhood living between Nicaragua and the US. I graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s in business administration and went on to complete an MBA from Babson College I enjoy reading about new technologies, playing basketball, and everything about my two kids (a 1-year-old girl and a 4-month-old boy). I share a lot of my curiosities and insights on the tech and startup world through my blog Curious Compass