Businessconquerer wrote:
I don't see a Business Development role aligning well with your Long term VC goal and yes you're right about the placements of MSB in Finance side, like I said, unparalleled.
As a person who manages people with no prior experience in HVAC and QA, I think managing will not require you to have too much knowledge about a particular area. It is about having enough knowledge to have an oversight of the things without getting played by your subordinates. At least that is what I learnt from my Uncles when I was in Undergrad
Also, I could be missing something when I am seeing a misalignment between Business Development and VC, I would like to know your perspective on this though. How do you plan to do the pivot about 10-15 years from now?
(I am asking this for my own knowledge- we all learn new things everyday, right?)
Thanks again for your feedback! Your uncles had a really good point
As I understand, biz dev is normally strategic partnerships and organic growth strategies. I think experience in biz dev aligns with early stage investing, VC is somewhat more involved in growing its portfolio companies - guiding founders especially those who don't have business background.
Pivot routes to VC in 10-15 years:
- MBA -> biz dev at big tech -> biz dev at high-growth startup -> VC
- MBA -> IB -> corp dev at big tech/high-growth startup -> VC
- MBA -> IB -> VC
- MBA -> VC