I always knew that start-ups were busy, and that start-up employees had a lot on their plate. However, coming in from a venture capital fund (where 12 hour days were average), and before that investment banking (where the guy that left at 11pm was taking-off early), I thought that the move to a star...

While at Lake Street, and as part of my role at IGC, I spent a significant amount of time investment sourcing – going out and talking to potential counterparties in order to develop new investment opportunities. When I was at Lake Street it was corporate venture guys & treasurers and venture capital...

About 6 months ago I left my VC Associate role at Investor Growth Capital (IGC) and joined an early-stage startup as Director, Business Development. Soon after, I decided that I wanted to start chronicling my experiences as I made the jump from investment role to operating role. I thought others mig...