| Description |
482 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"A Council on Foreign Relations Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-463) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction Unreasonable People -- Arthur Rock and Liberation Capital -- Finance Without Finance -- Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Activist Capital -- The Whispering of Apple -- Cisco, 3Com, and the Valley Ascendant -- Planners and Improvisers -- Benchmark, SoftBank, and "Everyone Needs $100 Million" -- Money for Google, Kind of for Nothing -- Peter Thiel, Y Combinator, and the Valley's Youth Revolt -- To China, and Stir -- Accel, Facebook, and the Decline of Kleiner Perkins -- A Russian, a Tiger, and the Rise of Growth Equity -- Sequoia's Strength in Numbers -- Unicorn Poker -- Conclusion Luck, Skill, and the Competition Among Nations. |
| Summary |
"From the New York Times bestselling author comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of success and failure inside Silicon Valley's dominant venture capital firms-and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation, and the global economy, writ large"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Venture capital -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
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High technology industries -- Finance.
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New business enterprises -- Finance.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780525559993 (hardcover) |
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