LEADER 00000cam a2201009 a 4500 001 776823085 003 OCoLC 005 20240129213017.0 006 m o d 007 cr zn||||||||| 008 120114s2011 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 019 785777120|a794059555|a857251285|a961683279|a962668999 |a1059011001|a1097125561|a1110857233|a1112573475 020 9781430238386|q(electronic book) 020 1430238380|q(electronic book) 020 |q(pbk.) 020 |q(pbk.) 024 7 10.1007/978-1-4302-3838-6|2doi 029 1 AU@|b000053276314 029 1 AU@|b000067107227 029 1 DEBSZ|b397506511 029 1 NZ1|b14160925 035 (OCoLC)776823085|z(OCoLC)785777120|z(OCoLC)794059555 |z(OCoLC)857251285|z(OCoLC)961683279|z(OCoLC)962668999 |z(OCoLC)1059011001|z(OCoLC)1097125561|z(OCoLC)1110857233 |z(OCoLC)1112573475 037 CL0500000139|bSafari Books Online 040 COO|beng|epn|cCOO|dYDXCP|dWAU|dUV0|dE7B|dCDX|dUMI|dOCLCQ |dDEBSZ|dMEAUC|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCL|dVT2|dU3G|dZ5A|dUAB |dMERUC|dIOG|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dU3W|dCOO|dOCLCQ|dWYU|dAU@|dCNTRU |dSTF|dUKAHL|dOL$|dOCLCQ|dC6I|dNJT|dDCT|dERF|dWURST|dIAI |dEUN|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dINARC|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCL 049 INap 082 04 658.15224 082 04 658.15224|223 099 eBook O’Reilly for Public Libraries 100 1 Shah, Tarang. 245 10 Venture Capitalists at Work :|bHow VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes /|cTarang Shah, Sheetal Shah. |h[O'Reilly electronic resource] 260 New York, NY :|bApress,|c©2011 300 1 online resource (xx, 479 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file 347 |bPDF 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Sequoia Capital : You Tube, Xoom, Green Dot, Dropbox, Ad/ Mob / Roelof Botha -- FLOODGATE Fund : Twitter, Chegg, Digg, Demandforce, ngmoco:), SolarWinds, ModCloth / Mike Maples -- Charles River Ventures : Twitter, Yammer, Millennial Media, Jambool, Scribd, Metaplace / George Zachary -- Highland Capital Partners : Starent Networks, Altiga Networks, Telica, PA Semi / Sean Dalton -- Zoosk / Alex Mehr -- Idealab : Overture/Go To, Citysearch, e Toys, Snap; First Round Capital : Mint, myYearbook / Howard Morgan -- DFJ : Baidu, Skype, Overture, Hotmail, Parametric Technologies, Focus Media, AdMob / Tim Draper - - Chegg / Osman Rashid -- NEA : Groupon, Opower / Harry Weller -- Bessemer Venture Partners : LinkedIn, Smule, Zoosk / David Cowan -- Bebo, Birthday Alarm / Michael Birch -- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners / Mitchell Kertzman -- NEA : Salesforce WebEx, Bloom Energy / Scott Sandell -- Trinity Ventures : Blue Nile, Photobucket, Modulus, zulily, Trion Worlds / Gus Tai -- GRP Partners : DealerTrack, TrueCar, Bill Me Later, Koral, UGO Entertainment / Steven Dietz -- MobiTV / Paul Scanlan -- Hummer Winblad Venture Partners : Hyperion, The Knot, Dean & Deluca, Net Perceptions / Ann Winblad -- Sequoia Capital : AdMob / Jim Goetz -- Battery Ventures : Groupon, Angie's List, TrialPay / Roger Lee -- Founders Fund : PayPal, Facebook, SpaceX, ZocDoc / Ken Howery -- Sequoia Capital : Zappos / Alfred Lin -- Xoom, Eventbrite / Kevin Hartz -- Lerer Ventures ; SoftBank Capital : The Huffington Post, Yahoo!, Danger / Eric Hippeau -- SV Angel : Twitter, Foursquare, Flipboard, Dropbox, AirBnB / David Lee -- Mission Ventures : MaxLinear, RockeTalk, Enevate / Ted Alexander -- Mission Ventures : Greenplum, Shopzilla, Sandpiper Networks / Robert Kibble -- Flarion Technologies / Rajiv Laroia -- Focus Ventures : PCH International, Starent, Pure Digital, PA Semi, Aruba Networks, Financial Engines, Centrality, DATAllegro / Jim Boettcher and Kevin McQuillan -- ATA Ventures : Tellium, Zoosk, Biometric Imaging / MIke Hodges -- Greycroft Partners : Apple, AOL, Office Depot, Audible, The Huffington Post / Alan Patricof -- Blue Nile, Wetpaint / Ben Elowitz -- Clearstone Venture Partners : PayPal, Overture, Cetas, Mimosa, Ankeena, Kazeon / Vish Mishra -- Accel Partners : Angry Birds, Atlassian, AdMob, 3LM / Rich Wong -- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers : LucasArts, WebTV, TiVO, Pinger, Transphorm / Randy Komisar -- Accel Partners : Fusion-io, Opower, ArrowPoint Communications, Riverbed Technology, Redback Networks / Peter Wagner. 520 "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"--Provided by publisher 520 '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. Other books in the Apress At Work Series: Coders at Work, Seibel, 978-1-4302-1948-4 CIOs at Work, Yourdon, 978-1-4302-3554-5 CTOs at Work, Donaldson, Seigel, & Donaldson, 978-1-4302-3593-4 Founders at Work, Livingston, 978-1-4302-1078-8 European Founders at Work, Santos, 978-1-4302-3906-2 Women Leaders at Work, Ghaffari, 978-1-4302-3729-7 Advertisers at Work, Tuten, 978-1-4302- 3828-7 Gamers at Work, Ramsay. 978-1-4302-3351-0. 588 0 Print version record. 590 O'Reilly|bO'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition 650 0 Venture capital. 650 0 Investments. 650 0 New business enterprises|xFinance. 650 0 Entrepreneurship. 650 0 Capitalists and financiers|xInterviews. 650 0 Businesspeople|xInterviews. 650 6 Capital à risques. 650 6 Investissements. 650 6 Entrepreneuriat. 650 7 portfolios (financial records)|2aat 650 7 entrepreneurs.|2aat 650 7 Businesspeople|2fast 650 7 Capitalists and financiers|2fast 650 7 Entrepreneurship|2fast 650 7 Investments|2fast 650 7 New business enterprises|xFinance|2fast 650 7 Venture capital|2fast 653 00 economie 653 00 economics 653 00 bedrijfswetenschap 653 00 management science 653 10 Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General) 653 10 Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen) 655 7 Interviews|2fast 700 1 Shah, Sheetal. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aShah, Tarang.|tVenture Capitalists at Work.|d[New York] : Apress ; Distributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag, New York. 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