Since I started hiring interns at Truffle Capital three years ago, I count my lucky stars for the top-calibre individuals who have filled this role. The following individuals are heroes in my book, and I’d like to take a moment to publicly thank them:

2012: Robert Kelley

2013: Nilanjan Basu

2014: Jerry Yang

All three arrived at my office with no VC experience but a ton of work experience in other sectors. All three accepted a significant pay cut to work with me. Despite being MBA students, all three proved incredibly adept at getting things done. All three participated with direct empowerment in multiple VC transactions, and they all delivered with flying colors. Thank you!

So who’s next ?

If you’re interested in experiencing first-hand the daily grind of working in Venture Capital, do I have an offer for you!

Requirements:

• a dynamic and entrepreneurial individual with aspirations to spend 3~6 months working in a VC fund
• authorized status in French university to qualify for a ‘stage’ (typically the French undergraduate business schools are the primary source of interns, but this is not a requirement. any French university could work.)
• a self-starting individual able to work in an unstructured environment (read: fun but chaotic)
• a comfort level with the digital media, mobile, and software domains
• a willingness to perform a variety of professional tasks, some highly intellectually stimulating, others less so
• proficiency in 2 of the following languages: French, English, Japanese, Portuguese

Not pre-requisites, but please highlight if you have a comfort level with any of the following:

• new technologies in digital media or mobile apps
• social media: twitter, wordpress, etc.
• basic excel modeling
• powerpoint slide creation
• coding

Here’s what I can offer:

• Low remuneration with no likelihood of a permanent position, however, the possibility of an endorsed recommendation into the private equity industry post-internship.
• Exposure to an array of entrepreneurs and business ventures in the European tech space.
• A chance to learn some of the methods, practices, and tools employed in the VC business, and an opportunity to contribute to their improvement.
• A variety of tasks, ranging from quantitative to qualitative, analytical to motivational, and mundane to inspirational.
• Practically unfettered access to investment pitches, board meetings, negotiations, strategy discussions, deal evaluations, and any other typical VC activities that occur during the period of the internship.

For interested candidates: please contact me here with a concise pitch of how you would be a good fit for the role based on the above explanation.