JOHN CAMPANELLI - It's not easy to become a venture capitalist. You'll likely need most, if not all, of the following: access to fat stacks of cash; a degree from a top-shelf business school; a Rolodex of hundreds (if not thousands) of connections; decades of business-leadership experience; a track record of smart funding and entrepreneurship; an encyclopedic knowledge of the industry you are investing in and a brilliant partner or two. You also probably need to be white and male. The venture capital industry is
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