The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
by Sebastian Mallaby
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"From the New York Times bestselling author comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of success and failure inside Silicon Valley's dominant venture capital firms-and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation, and the global economy, writ large"--Tags
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Outsiders of the tech/startup world have a skewed view of VCs.
VCs are villains for the media. Some entrepreneurs view them as saviors. Many young folks want to become VCs to make a dent or “change the world.”
When I took a plunge into startups a decade ago, I wore all the above lenses to view the VCs. But the truth is somewhere in the middle.
This book does an excellent job of compiling the history of VCs. Doesn’t valorize or villainize or victimize VCs. It paints a good picture of what VCs do and why they do it. It also rightfully criticizes the lack of diversity and other follies. It also contains some damn good company founding stories.
Highly recommend it for business history enthusiasts.
VCs are villains for the media. Some entrepreneurs view them as saviors. Many young folks want to become VCs to make a dent or “change the world.”
When I took a plunge into startups a decade ago, I wore all the above lenses to view the VCs. But the truth is somewhere in the middle.
This book does an excellent job of compiling the history of VCs. Doesn’t valorize or villainize or victimize VCs. It paints a good picture of what VCs do and why they do it. It also rightfully criticizes the lack of diversity and other follies. It also contains some damn good company founding stories.
Highly recommend it for business history enthusiasts.
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Sebastian Mallaby has been a Washington Post columnist since 1999. From 1986 to 1999, he was on the staff of The Economist, serving in Zimbabwe, London, and Japan, as well as serving as the magazine's Washington bureau chief. He spent 2003 as a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The New show more York Times, and The New Republic, among others. He was born in England and educated at Oxford, and now lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and children show less
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- 332.041540973 — Society, Government, and Culture Economics Banking & Money Special Topics Capital Acquiring Capital
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- HG4963 .M334 — Social sciences Finance Finance Investment, capital formation, speculation By region or country
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