Test shows most VCs unsuited

Guy Kawasaki, the Mac evangelist turned investor, has assembled a fabulous online test for the greedy or idealistic graduates who gravitate to venture capital. Except, like driving tests, it should be applied also, on a regular basis, to those already with permits. Most of the weaker partners at venture capital firms would flunk. Then, again, so would the Valley's most successful single investor. Mike Moritz of Sequoia Capital, backer of both Yahoo and Google, was never a CEO (- 2 points), does have an MBA (-5 points), and a stint as a journalist is such a stain that it doesn't even bear asking about.

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