My Venture Capital Career Path Now that you have the background, let’s dive into my venture capital career path. After I graduated, I started my legal career as an Associate in O’Melveny’s Newport Beach office. I was originally planning to start in the firm’s San Francisco office, but my grandmother was in the end stages…
Getting Started in VC: My Legal Career
When I meet people professionally for the first time, I’m often asked one of two questions: 1) How did you get started in VC? And 2) How did you make the jump from being a lawyer into a non-legal role? I sometimes wish I could tell people that it was all part of a grand…
Venture Funding is Not For Everyone
I’ve talked to a couple of founders recently who just finished raising or are about to embark on their first raise and they’ve asked, “what if I don’t want to grow this into a venture scalable business?” and “what if I’m ok with slow growth that gets me to profitability?” My response to these founders…