| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 479 pages) |
|
text file |
|
PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 |
|
'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. |
| Subject |
Venture capital.
|
|
Investments.
|
|
New business enterprises -- Finance.
|
|
Entrepreneurship.
|
|
Capitalists and financiers -- Interviews.
|
|
Businesspeople -- Interviews.
|
|
Capital à risques. |
|
Investissements. |
|
Entrepreneuriat. |
|
portfolios (financial records) |
|
entrepreneurs. |
|
Businesspeople |
|
Capitalists and financiers |
|
Entrepreneurship |
|
Investments |
|
New business enterprises -- Finance |
|
Venture capital |
| Indexed Term |
economie |
|
economics |
|
bedrijfswetenschap |
|
management science |
|
Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General) |
|
Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen) |
| Genre |
Interviews
|
| Added Author |
Shah, Sheetal.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Shah, Tarang. Venture Capitalists at Work. [New York] : Apress ; Distributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag, New York. Inc., [2011] 9781430238379 (DLC) 2011275700 (OCoLC)748329692 |
| ISBN |
9781430238386 (electronic book) |
|
1430238380 (electronic book) |
|
(pbk.) |
|
(pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-1-4302-3838-6 doi |
|
More Resources