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I Got Lucky - AVC

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A recent commenter suggested that I blog about the post-MBA experience I had when I got into the venture capital business. This is my version of the story and I’ll make it as brief as I can. There are several lessons to take away from it. I’ll get to them at the end. In 1986, between the summer of my first and second year at Wharton (Univ of Penn’s business school), I got a break, the first of many, and convinced a partner in a small venture capital firm in NYC called Euclid Partners to have lunch with me. At the urging of the Gotham Gal, I called Bliss (Bliss McCrum Jr) one friday morning and asked him if he’d meet me. He said he was free for lunch and asked me what kind of sandwich I wanted. Flustered, I said tuna because that was the only thing I could think of. I got off the phone, called the Gotham Gal who was at work and told her the news. She informed me that I’d need some nice shoes to go along with the suit I had just bought for interviews. So on my way to see Bliss I stopped

I Got Lucky - AVC Search Submit May 30, 2008 I Got Lucky A recent commenter suggested that I blog about the post-MBA experience I had when I got into the venture capital business. This is my version of the story and I’ll make it as brief as I can. There are several lessons to take away from it. I’ll get to them at the end. In 1986, between the summer of my first and second year at Wharton (Univ of Penn’s business school), I got a break, the first of many, and convinced a partner in a small venture capital firm in NYC called Euclid Partners to have lunch with me. At the urging

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