Breaking Into VC: Tanvi Lal on Rejection, Recruiting, and Corporate Venture
Venture Capital · Jon Bradshaw, Peter Harris
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Show Notes
Breaking into VC is harder than breaking into professional sports — literally.
In this episode, Intuit Ventures investor Tanvi Lal explains why VC recruiting is so broken, why most people don’t actually know why they want to be in venture, and how she finally cracked the code after dozens of rejections.
We dive into:
• Why VC hiring is a “barter system of social capital”
• The #1 mistake candidates make when trying to break in
• How corporate VC really works behind the scenes
• Why AI + accounting might be fintech’s wildest opportunity
• How founders should think about taking CVC money
• The difference between real ARR vs “founder math”
If you’re exploring VC, raising from VC, or trying to understand AI’s impact on finance — this conversation hits.
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