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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. Senior partners take home a lower 15 percent of the carried interest….Summarizing name of the Fund). These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. – Policy on sharing track record.

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High Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund

David Teten

Assuming you have a large amount of capital to invest, the relatively easy decision is to invest in one of the brand-name, multi-billion dollar VCs. Second, credibility (fund reputation) is a huge confound. That said, how do you avoid suffering the poor median returns the industry is known for?

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