It seems a lot of venture capitalists are failed startup founders. Any suggestions/tips/advice on how you go from being a failed startup founder to getting into/becoming a venture capitalist? If you have successfully done this I would really like to know how you did so.
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How do you go from being a failed startup founder to working in venture capital?
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D· Jan 29, 2018
<p>I have friends that were founders that have gone on to become an EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence) at funds. Not all of them offer this, but I bet you could find an opportunity if you looked for it.</p>
A· Feb 4, 2018
Mostly it depends on whether you can raise a small fund by yourself. If you can then you can become a vc!
Raising a fund is very hard though but some founders do get pretty good at raising money and not so good at building a product/business in which case they can transition to being a vc.