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Cheat Sheet is a regular series that takes you inside the hiring process. This week: Get your start in venture capital as an associate at Bain Capital Ventures. See all the cheat sheets here. Pre-First Round: Get a “warm intro” to an employee at Bain Capital Ventures—get someone to connect you with a member of the team. “The Valley works on relationship networks, and you have to be able to activate networks to find interesting companies, to help interesting companies, et cetera, et cetera.” Offer an investment idea, a particular sector or theme that interests you, and why it does. Within that area, a specific company that interests you—one that has raised less than $20 million—and why you’d bet on it. How you see the investment working out, the exit potential. First Round: A 30- to 45-minute phone interview with an associate to get the “living-color version” of your background. “We’re just trying to understand, Hey, does this person really care about technology? Do they really want to

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