First Day PE/VC Intern? Any good advice? !

Hi Everyone, I recently got an internship from a small PE/VC company in NYC. I will directly work for 5 partners of the company. My academic background was in Financial Mathematics, but after graduation (3 years from now), I didn't go directly into finance. This internship is my pre-Master internship before I head to London.

I am really nervous about the first day. Is there any good advice?

Many thanks!

 

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