Ep 51: Venture Capital, Arun Penmetsa, Principal @Storm Ventures

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English - September 20, 2016 00:40 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
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Arun Penmetsa, Principal @Storm Ventures, talks about working as a Venture Capitalist in this episode. Storm Ventures is a Silicon Valley based early stage Enterprise SaaS focused Venture Fund, with many successful investments including well-known names such as Marketo and MobileIron.

Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:

1. What is Venture Capital
2. Different levels in a VC firm and their roles & responsibilities
3. How Venture Capital is ultimately a relationships based business
4. Typical end-to-end deal process and what a VC does at each stage
5. How working in VC exposes you to brilliant entrepreneurs and ideas on a regular basis
6. How a VC adds value to a startup
7. Future of VC
8. Top 5 qualities a good VC needs to have
9. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
10. Recruiting tips for interested candidates

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