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

David Teten

Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. We believe the best founders and companies are polarizing. VC and private equity are very illiquid on both the investing and the personnel side. So assessing fit is critical.