# How to get into VC? - Mia Nguyen, Operating Principal, Four Cities Capital

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Mia is an Operating Principal at Four Cities Capital, where she's the only full-time employee while being in her early 20s.

We talk about:

- How a cold email got Mia her first job into Venture Capital?
- Advice on how to get into VC
- Her work at Four Cities Capital as the only full-time employee
- How to build momentum while LP fundraising?
- Similarities between building a Sales Pipeline & an LP pipeline
- Portfolio construction & lots more



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**Links mentioned:**

Mia's blog on "Fundraising as an Emerging Manager" - ⁠<https://venturedigest.substack.com/p/fundraising-as-an-emerging-manager-part-one-30f5032b7810⁠>

Subscribe to Mia's Substack - ⁠<https://venturedigest.substack.com/⁠>

Follow Mia on Linkedin - ⁠<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mialilynguyen/⁠>

Four Cities Capital website - ⁠<https://www.fourcitiescapital.com/⁠>


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Mia is an Operating Principal at Four Cities Capital, where she's the only full-time employee while being in her early 20s.

We talk about:

- How a cold email got Mia her first job into Venture Capital?
- Advice on how to get into VC
- Her work at Four Cities Capital as the only full-time employee
- How to build momentum while LP fundraising?
- Similarities between building a Sales Pipeline & an LP pipeline
- Portfolio construction & lots more

How to get into VC? - Mia Nguyen, Operating Principal, Four Cities Capital

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