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Associate - Venture Capital

Hi!

My name is Tom Carter.

New companies are formed every day. A few are purposeful — solving real problems, building durable systems, and treating capital as a tool for growth, not an end in itself.

Those founders deserve a capital process that is as disciplined and effective as the products they are building.

I’m looking to work directly with an early-career professional who wants to immerse themselves in the builder + venture capital community.


You will:

*Connect with founders, executives and other VCs

*Develop market perspectives and investment theses

*Apply your creativity and intelligence to company scaling through venture capital

*Gain direct experience in the investment decision making process

You will learn what actually works in venture capital — by taking responsibility for pieces of it and seeing how decisions get made.

Marketers talk about measuring success. Success is a life long relationship that includes what I heard from a founder today: “I will always serve a reference for Fountain”. That endorsement is a result of independent thinking, deep understanding and execution at a high level.

If you are intellectually curious, commercially aware, and ready to operate with real responsibility early, this is structured as a genuine path into the craft.


Qualities

> Strong written and analytical ability — you can form a clear opinion and defend it

> High executive functioning — organized, responsive, and capable of owning projects end-to-end
> Entrepreneurial bias toward action — you don’t wait for perfect information; you move, test, refine, and learn

College seniors and early-career professionals who want meaningful responsibility are encouraged to apply.

My general philosophy is that leadership should create space for people to realize their full potential. I would like nothing more than for someone to execute on one core business functions and ultimately become an investment partner or operating partner.
Location - the person should be in Austin or in or around the Palo Alto/Menlo Park corridor. In time and with success a "partner track" Associate will naturally want to spend time in Austin, NorCal, NYC+Boston/east coast.

Let's start with your personal details

Where do you live currently?

Tell me about your current status (employed, under-employed, in transition)

If you are employed now, what's the name of your employer (skip if N/A)

What about this opportunity seems interesting to you?

Are you more interested in building your own business, working as part of a small team or working as part of a large enterprise and why?

Not required but you may upload a resume or resume+cover letter combined doc here.