Venture capital

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Power-law returns from minority stakes in early companies; the literature is now good enough to have both a definitive history and standard deal manuals.

13 books · 13 people behind it

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  1. Secrets of Sand Hill RoadScott Kupor, 2019
  2. The Power LawSebastian Mallaby, 2022
  3. Venture DealsBrad Feld, Jason Mendelson, 2011

The people behind it 13

Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.

Investors 2

JD
John Doerrnamed in their tags
DL
Daniel Loebnamed in their tags

Founders 6

Peter Thiel1 book hereBrad Feld1 book hereBen Horowitznamed in their tagsMarc Andreessennamed in their tagsPaul Grahamnamed in their tagsReid Hoffmannamed in their tags

Academics 1

RE
Randall E. Stross1 book here

Journalists 4

Michael Lewis1 book here
SM
Sebastian Mallaby1 book here
RE
Randall E. Stross1 book here
MH
Morgan Houselnamed in their tags

Books 13

Venture Deals
T1 Venture Deals
Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson · 2011 · The standard reference on term sheets and how the paper works.
Open Library
Gaby GoldbergMichael BatkoRyan HooverSophia Amoruso
The Power Law
T1 The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby · 2022 · The definitive history of venture capital as an institution.
Open Library
Andrew WilkinsonJosh WolfePaul Graham
The New New Thing
T2 The New New Thing
Michael Lewis · 1999 · Jim Clark and the dot-com bubble as it happened.
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Ryan HolidayAndrew ChenAusten AllredKeith Rabois
Creative Capital
T2 Creative Capital
Spencer E. Ante · 2008 · Georges Doriot and the invention of the modern VC firm.
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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy
T2 Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy
William H. Janeway · 2012 · A venture veteran on the state, bubbles and how innovation gets funded
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Marc Andreessen
Zero to One
T2 Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters · 2014 · The monopoly-and-power-law thesis behind modern venture.
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Balaji S. SrinivasanEric WeinsteinMohnish PabraiNat EliasonPatrick O'ShaughnessyAlfred LinAna FabregaAnna ChengBen HorowitzBrett AdcockCasey NeistatChris DixonCodie SanchezDustin MoskovitzElon MuskEric JorgensonGuy ProopsJames AltucherJoel ConnollyKeith RaboisLuis von AhnMarc AndreessenMatt MullenwegMax LevchinMichael WongNiki ScevakReid HoffmanRyan PetersonSam AltmanSatya NadellaSophie BakalarSteph SmithTom Bilyeu
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
T2 Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Scott Kupor · 2019 · An a16z partner explaining fund economics to founders.
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Benedict EvansEric SchmidtGaby GoldbergMichael MauboussinRyan Hoover
VC: An American History
T2 VC: An American History
Tom Nicholas · 2019 · Academic history tracing venture back to whaling voyages.
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Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise
T3 Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise
George Gilder · 1992 · Supply-side case for entrepreneurs as the actual source of growth
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Marc Andreessen
Done Deals
T3 Done Deals
Udayan Gupta · 2000 · Oral history interviews with the first generation of VCs.
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Niki Scevak
eBoys
T3 eBoys
Randall E. Stross · 2000 · Two years embedded inside Benchmark Capital.
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High Growth Handbook
T3 High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil · 2018 · Operating manual for scaling a company from fifty to thousands
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Balaji S. SrinivasanMatt MullenwegAaron LevieAlexis OhanianBrian ArmstrongChris DixonDavid CancelKathryn MinshewLeo PolovetsMax LevchinReid HoffmanRyan Peterson
Alpha Girls
T3 Alpha Girls
Julian Guthrie · 2019 · Four women venture capitalists and the deals the industry forgot
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Melinda GatesReid Hoffman