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How to add value?

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Working in startups or venture capital can be a lucrative and rewarding career path. But what is the best way to break in or advance your career in these fields? I clump startups and venture capital together because the functional roles contribute to the same financial outcome: make a small

Working in startups or venture capital can be a lucrative and rewarding career path. But what is the best way to break in or advance your career in these fields? I clump startups and venture capital together because the functional roles contribute to the same financial outcome: make a small company more valuable. Many people talk about “adding value” to both startups and VCs, but few specify what adding value is with precision. Many junior, but ambitious people subsequently run around trying to “add value”, but are not effective at it because no one tells them what exactly is valuable. I defin

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