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Re: Profile evaluation - small firm VC experience
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27 Aug 2009, 23:02
HBS, Stanford, MIT, Haas, Kellogg -- target those five. How well you do will come down to how the adcom views your VC experience - is it more a "ma 'n pa" or "me too" fund, or is it a long-established fund (or a fund founded by a Silicon Valley veteran). Of course part of it can be influenced by what's in your application (essays, choice of recommenders) but then again there's only so much spin you can come up with before the adcoms can see right through it (plus, the application is about you, not about the VC fund).
In any case, you might as well shoot for the top and see what happens. There's certainly guys like you at these schools (and others who didn't get in for one reason or another as well).