{"id":10240,"date":"2017-05-03T15:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=10240"},"modified":"2017-05-04T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T17:48:44","slug":"josh-elman-on-the-best-way-to-get-into-venture-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/josh-elman-on-the-best-way-to-get-into-venture-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Elman on THE BEST WAY TO GET INTO Venture Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I get demoralized inside Stanford Engineering #ENGR145, Technology Entrepreneurship when students ask, &#8220;How do I get into VC?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/image1.png\" alt=\"image1.PNG\" id=\"2A8746B0-C95A-4997-9330-7C45CA412779\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/642325773454434304\/StRyH6B6_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Josh Elman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshelman?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@joshelman<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshelman\/status\/859252481208991745?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">5\/1\/17, 8:45 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fredwilson\">@fredwilson<\/a>&nbsp;regardless of operating experience &#8212; the best prep is learning how companies grow and scale and navigate strategy in the changing world<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\u202aJosh&#8217;s coworker taught #cs183c. Timing is important. All 20 #cs183vc lectures address timing. \u202cCS 183vc is extrapolated from&nbsp;&nbsp;#cs183c,&nbsp;&nbsp;#cs183b and&nbsp;#cs183.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/image2-3.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"EA325214-696A-4240-A189-8ECF351D0693\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">About 17 VCs went in 17 directions.&nbsp;&nbsp;#cs183vc is putting a framework into becoming a bonafide VC based on Stanford class content. Stanford engineering VC classes #cs183&nbsp;#cs183b and&nbsp;#cs183C teased us with how to be VCs&#8230;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#cs183vc will quote from one of 34&nbsp;#cs183s&#8217; in every online lecture.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The original Fred Wilson post is here<\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/642325773454434304\/StRyH6B6_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Josh Elman (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshelman?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@joshelman<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshelman\/status\/859238496241721345?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/1\/17, 7:49 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I love <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fredwilson\">@fredwilson<\/a>&#8216;s post about VCs and whether &#8220;operating&#8221; experience matters to be a good investor <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyeIFSjqDH\"><span>avc.com\/2017\/05\/invest\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang I get demoralized inside Stanford Engineering #ENGR145, Technology Entrepreneurship when students ask, &#8220;How do I get into VC?&#8221; &nbsp; Josh Elman (@joshelman) 5\/1\/17, 8:45 PM .@fredwilson&nbsp;regardless of operating experience &#8212; the best prep is learning how companies grow and scale and navigate strategy in the changing world \u202aJosh&#8217;s coworker taught #cs183c. 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