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How to break into venture capital with John Gannon
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How to break into venture capital with John Gannon

The Consumer VC Episode 138 with John Gannon, Founder of GoingVC

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My guest today is John Gannon, founder of GoingVC. GoingVC is a VC career accelerator. John designed the program to help folks break into venture capital by directly connecting motivated VC job seekers with VC firms.

If you are interested in heading into venture capital and want to understand what skills are important, this episode is for you.

We also touch on:

  1. How venture capital has changed over the past 15 years

  2. His approach to cohort based learning

  3. The consumerization of enterprise and the enterprization of consumer products

  4. Specialized vs. generalists funds

  5. His evaluation process when investing

You can also listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts Here, Spotify Here, and other distribution channels. Thanks for tuning in!