On: Ask YC: Can I become a VC?

[alaskamiller]

If you're really smart or if you're really good at sales you can apply for entrepreneur-in-residence positions at venture capital companies.

It also works out very well if you move to where the startups are. Silicon Valley. Washington. New York City. London. Tel Aviv.

[prakash → alaskamiller]

if you're really good at sales

any particular reason you need to be good at sales to be an entrepreneur-in-residence?

[alaskamiller → prakash]

You either bring to the table the tech aspect of entrepreneurship or the business/sales side.

[maxniederhofer → alaskamiller]

To become an EIR you have to have relevant experience and a successful prior career / first venture

[alaskamiller → maxniederhofer]

I guess I wasn't verbose enough in introducing that into my point. Yes, you do need to be successful and really smart with technology or sales in order work as an EIR.

[tptacek → alaskamiller]

I think he means, specifically, "have sold or IPO'd a company you founded".

[alaskamiller → tptacek]

We're now just going around in circles.