Hours at Boutiques
I'm probably going to get shit on for this...but what are we looking at in terms of hours/culture/lifestyle at regional West Coast boutiques?
I'm also interested in exit opps. I've talked to a few people at the boutiques below and many of them said exit opps to VC or growth funds are good because of the sizes of the deal. And Those funds shy away from hiring kids from bulge brackets since they want kids with experience in smaller deals. Thoughts?
Here are examples (mostly West Coast):
JMP Securities (a little bigger than my target firm)
Livingstone Partners
Pagemill Partners
Ridgecrest Capital
Arbor Advisors
Canaccord Adams (a little bigger than my target firm)
GCA Savvian (a little bigger than my target firm)
Aquilo Partnerse
Cain Brothers & Company
Thanks
Stab in the dark here, but from your comp set and the firms you listed as bigger than your target, I'm guessing you're trying to work at Seven Hills. Am I right? (PM me if you don't wanna say.)
there are some other ones like pacific crest, arma partners, GP Bullhound, etc.
But to your question, lifestyle is shop dependent, if you are going to jmp or gca, you will work long hours still. Lifestyle at the "lesser" shops are better that you might need to work for only 70 hr/week.
I am not in any of these shops but the upper VCs and growth guys tend to hire guys from the BBs first then move down. If your ultimate goal is to end up at just any VC or growth fund though, being at one of these shops will give you a decent chance to get in (but you need to compete against guys like jef, stifle, hlhz, piper, etc., who also do a lot growth deals)
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