Boutique Asset MGMT or GS Operations

I’m trying to get into a venture capital firm when I graduate. Plan A was to do an IB internship with a BB. That didn’t work out. I am split between 2 offers. One is with a smaller Asset Management firm / hedge fund in SF (they oversee $300m and orchestrate an options indexing strategy), the other is Goldman Sachs Operations. What should I do? Does the network / name brand at GS outweigh the experience at the SF firm?

Thanks for the help,

 

It's all about the experience. If you want to do VC, ops has nothing transferable in that regards

 
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I am a junior from a non-target school (3.9 GPA). I was waitlisted at RBS & GS IBD and S&T, MS’s PE, and Baird’s IBD. I have an internship now with a seed accelerator and VC consulting firm.

I know that GS OPS is not the greatest work experience, but the network / exits might be ok. I know I wont get into IBD but I bet I could get into research or S&T.

Thanks for the help

 

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