ventcap: Paradigm Shift

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As a graduate student in business, I would be very interested in joining =
a venture capital firm for an internship beginning in spring of 1999. I =
will be spending 3 months as a financial analyst at Procter & Gamble in =
Paris, from January to March, and would be available any time from =
mid-April to mid-September.

I am fascinated by the opportunity given by the venture capital industry =
to work with entrepreneurs helping to build firms, to mix financial and =
strategic skills and to see the formation of cutting-edge businesses and =
technologies on a daily basis.=20

Through my experiences, especially as president of ACCEDE (see resume), =
I learnt how to judge market opportunities and people, how to evaluate =
business plans and how to be a responsible self-starter. In addition to =
my ability to work with numbers, I expect my experience at Procter & =
Gamble to strengthen my knowledege of financial models and my management =
skills.=20

I would bring these skills and my determination to your firm to help =
focus on deal sources, evaluate industry position of potential =
investments and perform financial analysis.

I hope my application will meet your approval. Please feel free to send =
me an e-mail.

Exchange student in the MBA Program. Interests: Entrepreneurship and =
Investment.
Member of the Program for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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1996-1998 Ecole Sup=E9rieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)

Part of the selection of Procter & Gamble among 400 students of the best =
French Engineering and Business Schools to attend a strategy & finance =
seminar in Vienna=20

Preparatory class for the competitive examination to the French Grandes =
Ecoles for business studies.

President of consulting group consisting of 45 ESCP student volunteers. =
The goal is to help unemployed people set up their own companies.

e.. forming an external advisory committee composed of =
successful entrepreneurs
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Sales representative during the salon nautique (national boat show) for =
leading company in rentals of sailing boats all over the world.=20

Manager of a shop of the leading French wine store chain during =
the owner=92s holiday.

a.. Exceeded sales objectives by 7% through successful product =
promotion and=20
stock management.
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In charge of a group of six salesmen for the promotion of private =
mathematics lessons

a.. Helped recruit 700 students by initiating an effective =
marketing strategy.
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Hobbies Water and mountain sports: sailing (in regattas), surfing (in =
competitions), climbing

Languages French (native language), English (fluent), German (fluent), =
Spanish (good understanding)

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Mrs, Mr:

As a graduate student in business, I would be very = interested=20 in joining a venture capital firm for an internship beginning in spring = of 1999.=20 I will be spending 3 months as a financial analyst at Procter & = Gamble in=20 Paris, from January to March, and would be available any time from = mid-April to=20 mid-September.

I am fascinated by the opportunity given by the = venture capital=20 industry to work with entrepreneurs helping to build firms, to mix = financial and=20 strategic skills and to see the formation of cutting-edge businesses and = technologies on a daily basis.

Through my experiences, especially as president of = ACCEDE (see=20 resume), I learnt how to judge market opportunities and people, how to = evaluate=20 business plans and how to be a responsible self-starter. In = addition to my=20 ability to work with numbers, I expect my experience at Procter & = Gamble to=20 strengthen my knowledege of financial models and my management skills. =

I would bring these skills and my determination to = your firm to=20 help focus on deal sources, evaluate industry position of potential = investments=20 and perform financial analysis.

I hope my application will meet your approval. Please = feel free=20 to send me an e-mail.

Sincerely,

Guillaume Genot.

Guillaume=20 GENOT

3801 Brooklyn AVE NE, # B 121-3

Seattle, WA 98 105

206 632 7182 / [email protected]

EDUCATION

Fall 1998 University of Washington, Seattle

Exchange student in the MBA Program. Interests: = Entrepreneurship=20 and Investment.

Member of the Program for Entrepreneurship and=20 Innovation.

1996-1998 Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)

Graduate student at one of the three leading French Business = Schools.

Concentration: finance.

Part of the selection of Procter & Gamble among 400 = students of=20 the best French Engineering and Business Schools to attend a strategy = &=20 finance seminar in Vienna

Baccalauréat Mathematics & Physics. Diploma = awarded=20 with Honours.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

1997-1998 ACCEDE ESCP, Paris

President of consulting group consisting of 45 ESCP student = volunteers. The=20 goal is to help unemployed people set up their own companies.

Reorganized and expanded the group = by: