Soon after graduating from Boston College in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in finance, Lauren Wedell landed a job as an analyst at Chicago-based investment bank William Blair & Co. She subsequently joined technology-focused investment firm Battery Ventures in 2018 as an associate and has risen to vice president. Wedell’s career trajectory within private equity has been typical in many ways but for one crucial decision: She said she had decided there was more value in gaining two years of deal-making experience than earning...

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Persons: Lauren Wedell, William Blair & Organizations: Boston College, Chicago, Battery Ventures