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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 95 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.11 — 17,469 ratings — published 2011
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,336 ratings — published 2019
Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,718 ratings — published 2010
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,666 ratings — published 2022
The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.32 — 597 ratings — published 2011
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.14 — 416,312 ratings — published 2014
Creative Capital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.06 — 251 ratings — published 2008
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.19 — 113,932 ratings — published 2014
Term Sheets & Valuations: An Inside Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)
by (shelved 19 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.85 — 317 ratings — published 2003
Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,977 ratings — published
The Art of Startup Fundraising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.02 — 819 ratings — published 2016
VC: An American History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.86 — 471 ratings — published 2019
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.19 — 285 ratings — published
eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.08 — 786 ratings — published 2000
#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)
by (shelved 13 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.70 — 479 ratings — published
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.68 — 182 ratings — published 2013
The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.90 — 700 ratings — published 2011
Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.14 — 562 ratings — published 2014
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.81 — 647 ratings — published 2009
Venture Capital Due Diligence: A Guide to Making Smart Investment Choices and Increasing Your Portfolio Returns (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 10 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.46 — 92 ratings — published 2002
The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.18 — 463 ratings — published
Venture Capitalists At Work: How VCs Identify And Build Billion Dollar Successes (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.93 — 196 ratings — published 2011
Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.06 — 615 ratings — published 2013
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,751 ratings — published 2009
Venture Capital For Dummies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.80 — 54 ratings — published 2013
The Lean Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.11 — 372,581 ratings — published 2011
The Innovation Blind Spot: Why We Back the Wrong Ideas And What to Do about It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.08 — 296 ratings — published
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.84 — 105 ratings — published 1999
Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.08 — 104 ratings — published 2006
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups (Audio)
by (shelved 6 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,925 ratings — published 2012
Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,078 ratings — published
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.03 — 31,987 ratings — published 2002
Venture Capital Deal Terms: A guide to negotiating and structuring venture capital transactions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.93 — 123 ratings — published
High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,829 ratings — published 2018
The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,371 ratings — published 2011
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.20 — 689 ratings — published 1995
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,768 ratings — published 2011
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.31 — 760 ratings — published 2002
Slicing Pie - Funding Your Business Without Funds (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,018 ratings — published 2012
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.40 — 288,055 ratings — published 2018
Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.03 — 126 ratings — published 2012
Business Model Generation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.21 — 60,191 ratings — published 2010
The Fundraising Rules (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.90 — 59 ratings — published 2013
The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.78 — 585 ratings — published 2012
Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.68 — 240 ratings — published 2007
The Venture Capital Cycle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.34 — 44 ratings — published 1999
Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.55 — 75 ratings — published 2000
The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,195 ratings — published 2019
Startup CEO: How to Build a Company to Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,412 ratings — published 2013
The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as venture-capital)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,050 ratings — published 2022
“Most of us eagerly celebrate yet another mega deal, cheering for a founder who landed a venture capital fund and secured a sizeable investment.
Now, let’s pause and think about what that actually means. It signals that our fellow entrepreneur has officially taken on… yes, a liability burden.”
― Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain
Now, let’s pause and think about what that actually means. It signals that our fellow entrepreneur has officially taken on… yes, a liability burden.”
― Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain
“If it takes $300bn to end world hunger,
and 7 trillion to fund the next AI wonder,
how many people have to starve to death,
to feed the appetite of the cyberworld?”
― Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
and 7 trillion to fund the next AI wonder,
how many people have to starve to death,
to feed the appetite of the cyberworld?”
― Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets












