What does it take to rise to the top of a VC firm? The general partners at the summit of the industry’s Mount Olympus would doubtless answer: talent, hard work and the ability to sniff out extraordinary founders like a truffle hog. More embittered junior employees, who have never joined their lofty ranks, are more likely to respond: privilege, connections, smarmy plausibility and ruthlessness.
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