Tarang Shah, Shital Shah

Venture Capitalists at Work (eBook, PDF)

How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"This is probably the single most valuable resource for the entrepreneurs aspiring to build successful companies"-Ron Conway, Special Adviser, SV Angel, and investor in Facebook, Google, Twitter, Foursquare, PayPal, Zappos

"I highly recommend Venture Capitalists at Work. This book captures the personalities and approaches of a number of leading VC practitioners and displays the heart and soul of the venture capital process, by offering an exclusive window into the voice of the practitioners."-Gus Tai, Trinity Ventures

"Venture Capitalists at Work is a foundational pillar in an entrepreneur's understanding and resources. This is a first in terms of the level of detail, quality of discussion, and value to the entrepreneur."-George Zachary, Charles River Ventures and Investor in Twitter



Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes offers unparalleled insights into the funding and management of companies like YouTube, Zappos, Twitter, Starent, Facebook, and Groupon. The venture capitalists profiled-among the best in the business-also reveal how they identify promising markets, products, and entrepreneurs.

Author Tarang Shah, a venture capital professional himself, interviews rising VC stars, Internet and software investment pioneers, and venture investment thought leaders. You'll learn firsthand what criteria venture capitalists use to make investments, how they structure deals, the many ways they help the companies they fund, avoidable mistakes they see all too often, the role of luck in a success, and why so many startups fail.

Venture Capitalists at Work also contains interviews with those on the receiving end of venture money-entrepreneurs in high-profile startups that went on to achieve great success. Whether you're an entrepreneur, an aspiring VC, an M&A professional, or an ambitious student, the knowledge you will gain from Venture Capitalists at Work could provide a significant shortcut to success.



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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781430238386
• Artikelnr.: 38440885

Autorenporträt

Tarang Shah is a venture capital professional. At SoftBank Capital, a venture capital fund, he helped with startup investments totaling $50 million. He has reviewed 1000+ startups and served as a board member and CEO advisor for over a dozen startups. Tarang is currently a technology innovation executive for one of the largest financial institutions in the US, where he has built and leads a startup risk assessment practice based on his venture model.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Roelof Botha
Sequoia Capital Chapter 2: Mike Maples
FLOODGATE Fund Chapter 3: George Zachary
Charles River Ventures Chapter 4: Sean Dalton
Highland Capital Partners Chapter 5: Alex Mehr
Zoosk Chapter 6: Howard Morgan
First Round Capital and Idealab Chapter 7: Tim Draper
DFJ Chapter 8: Osman Rashid
Chegg Chapter 9: Harry Weller
NEA Chapter 10: David Cowan
Bessemer Venture Partners Chapter 11: Michael Birch
Bebo and Birthday Alarm Chapter 12: Mitchell Kertzman
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Chapter 13: Scott Sandell
NEA Chapter 14: Gus Tai
Trinity Ventures Chapter 15: Steven Dietz
GRP Partners Chapter 16: Paul Scanlan
MobiTV Chapter 17: Ann Winblad
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Chapter 18: Jim Goetz
Sequoia Capital Chapter 19: Roger Lee
Battery Ventures Chapter 20: Ken Howery
Founders Fund Chapter 21: Alfred Lin
Sequoia Capital and Zappos Chapter 22: Kevin Hartz
Xoom and Eventbrite Chapter 23: Eric Hippeau
Lerer Ventures and SoftBank Capital Chapter 24: David Lee
SV Angels Chapter 25: Ted Alexander
Mission Ventures Chapter 26: Robert Kibble
Mission Ventures Chapter 27: Rajiv Laroia
Flarion Chapter 28: Jim Boettcher and Kevin McQuillan
Focus Ventures Chapter 29: Mike Hodges
ATA Ventures Chapter 30: Alan Patricof
Greycroft Partners Chapter 31: Ben Elowitz
Blue Nile and Wet Paint Chapter 32: Vish Mishra
Clearstone Venture Partners Chapter 33: Richard Wong
Accel Partners Chapter 34: Randy Komisar
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Chapter 35: Peter Wagner
Accel Partners

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"Book contains a series of structured interviews with 35 well-known venture capitalists ... asking each venture capitalist similar questions about what attracts them to a potential venture. ... a revealing account of how venture capitalists think. ... A really compelling work from the investor's perspective. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate students through professionals." (J. J. Janney, Choice, Vol. 49 (10), June, 2012)