I recently spoke at the business school at UCSD.  Before also sometimes start a speech by asked for people to raise their hands if they fit a certain demographic.  ”Raise your hand if you’re an entrepreneur, raise your hand if you plan to raise venture capital in the next year, raise your hand if you’re a service provider to the startup industry,” etc.  I Most people suck at presenting to big groups.  It’s It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists,

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD).  This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons .” 8221;

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