Venture Capital


Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It
Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Creative Capital
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Term Sheets & Valuations: An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
The Art of Startup Fundraising
VC: An American History
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur
eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
#BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor Whether You're a Student, Entrepreneur or Working Professional (Venture Capital Guidebook Book 1)
Elon Musk by Ashlee VanceThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBlue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan KimThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
8 Week Startup Crash Course
8 books — 1 voter
The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesStart-up Nation by Dan SenorThe Launch Pad by Randall E. StrossIn the Plex by Steven LevyVenture Deals by Brad Feld
Venture Capital
51 books — 37 voters

CEO-Stories by Michael EastwoodEarly Warning Signals by G. Scott GrahamCracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonThe Company Valuation Playbook by Charles SunnucksCapitalism for Democrats by Martin Lowy
Essential Business Books
123 books — 42 voters
Explosive Growth by Cliff LernerThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben HorowitzZero to One by Blake  MastersThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Twenty Minute VC: Book Club
109 books — 23 voters

The general rule of thumb for a seed-stage round is to preserve at least 80% of your equity pie. In other words, before you hit the marketplace, don’t sell more than 20% of your company’s ownership.
Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

The world cries out for impactful ideas and ventures, and alas, most such ideas are not viable for the majority of financiers, who focus on investment returns rather than social impact—impact that aligns with the well-being of individuals and families. Ironically, that is simply rational behavior on their part. But you know this, right?
Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

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