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What should I major in if I want to be part of VC?
03-18-2014, 11:55 AM
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Froshling at Stanford and you're asking Yahoo Answers for advice? Seriously, how many VC types scan Yahoo Answers, lol? Hey, maybe they do? For research. Yahoo does trace itself back to Stanford alumni.

Shouldn't you contact some VC firms in Silicon Valley? You're kind of right there. :-)

The whole trend I'm reading from tech says that college is the old standby, that you should be awakening your independent entrepreneurial spirit outside of academia since you will ultimately be testing your mettle in the real world. Whatever you do must have market demand. You solve problems to create progress in the real world or just make a heck of a lot of money.

An MBA is probably pointless. From my non-tech view, I see a ton of engineers doing what MBA's do. There's so many of them. However, you have brand power in your favor at Stanford. So, I'll assume that your grad school of choice will be at the tippy top. In that case, like I said, brand power will grant you a golden ticket into a dream networking atmosphere. Who wouldn't want to be in your shoes with those prospects on the table!

Extracurriculars? You're in the hotbed of tech creativity, imo. What do you see that you can create? Stuff like apps? You likely have all of the tech skills to create potentially hot internet phenomenons? VC's want ROI. Viral stuff. Global stuff. TEDx appeal stuff. Problem solving stuff. Stuff that creates massive media interest is good. Stuff that makes IPO's skyrocket (this is all psychological, lol!). Get in at Google? You're lucky! You're in the hottest VC location on earth. Stanford *is* where Silicon Valley plucks talent.

Find something to crush Amazon or erase Facebook's popularity (or improve their dominance)?

There's so much I'd think you can do there. Just being in one class you can probably ask the guy next to you to team up to create some sort of hot new app in one afternoon. I know of BASES. That's a student org. on campus for promoting entrepreneurship. You would want to look into that.

Heck, we all know that Snapchat sprouted from Stanford. You're in Silicon Valley's laboratory.

I think an economics major is too general and useless, a waste of talent. The MS&E route. Does that offer you the greatest flexibility later? Does that route give you the knowledge you need? I do know that you should be getting your directive advice from those in VC, not purely from an academic advisor. The academic advisor has no skin in this game nor will they see you as potential talent to influence. An academic advisor can plan your coursework to play the academic game. That is it. Someone in VC will give you an experienced real life, practical real world answer. You're directing where your ship sails here.

Hope you enjoyed that, ha ha! Yeah, cute, no? Rather general, nothing specific, ha ha! You know more than me. Then again, I'm going to be the end user for whatever you create. Good enough of a reason to wish you the best! :-)

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