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My Introduction to the Venture Capital Space Certain industries find a way of making it especially hard for undergraduate students to enter. Knowing this, I walked into my job hunt last summer knowing that I would do anything and everything it takes to land a gig. I finally synced up with a sharpshooter named Buck Jordan who founded Canyon Creek Capital. I remember getting the job offer with a confidential PDF of the rundown of his portfolio, filled with new technology trends. Reading it was like reading a science fiction book. I was hooked immediately. I soon discovered that I would be working with a peer of mine from Dallas, John-Marshall. Buck placed the two of us in a remote office in a Cross Campus, which is essentially just like a WeWork. It was right in the middle of Santa Monica, and it had a very beachy and techy feel to it. Both very excited about the opportunity, we wasted no time and got straight to hammering away. Generally, day to day tasks would be different,...

My name's Carter Boisfontaine, and while I may seem like the average city-dweller I have somewhat of a rural heritage. I grew up in Dallas, Texas with family from New Orleans and Quitman, Mississippi – also known as the middle of nowhere. I attended a private high school, the Episcopal School of Dallas, and stayed there for my entire education before coming to USC. Like most Texan boys, I grew up playing football. Many summers of sweating bullets in pads in 100+ degree heat, I decided to try out for the rowing team. I was the only boy on the team over 150lbs – I was actually 215 at the time. We had just gotten a new rowing coach who was an avid rower, a loving mother, and a genuine psychopath. She used my grade of boys to be her guinea pigs. This meant many mornings at 4am at the boathouse to put in thousands of strokes, and many late afternoons in the gym. She quickly turned the program into one that was competitive in nationals every year. It was a very taxing experience, but als...