Venture Investing
Backing young private companies on the understanding that most will fail and the winners are unbounded, so the portfolio is underwritten for one outcome to return the fund. Everything that looks reckless about it - high entry prices, unproven markets, founder deference - follows from that asymmetry rather than from optimism. Its discipline is refusing to average: each new deal must be judged as if the previous nine had not happened.
13 books · 4 people behind it · 5 resources
Start here
- The Power LawSebastian Mallaby, 2022
- Secrets of Sand Hill RoadScott Kupor, 2019
- Venture DealsBrad Feld, Jason Mendelson, 2011
The people behind it 4
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Founders 3
Journalists 1
Resources 5
- Do Things That Don't ScalePaul Graham · essay · Why early growth comes from unscalable manual effort.
- How to Get Startup IdeasPaul Graham · essay · Reasoning from noticed problems rather than from analogy.
- Default Alive or Default Dead?Paul Graham · essay · The one question that reframes a startup's runway.
- Tails, You WinMorgan Housel · essay · A tiny share of events drives nearly all returns.
- Birth, Death, and Wealth CreationMichael J. Mauboussin · paper · Corporate life cycles and where value actually accrues.
Books 13
Clayton M. Christensen · 1997
Jim CollinsMohnish PabraiAaron LevieAndrew ChenAndrew GroveBen HorowitzBill GurleyBrant CooperBrett AdcockCaterina FakeChris DixonDrew HoustonEv WilliamsFred SchebestaGuy KawasakiJeff BezosJensen HuangKevin KellyMarc AndreessenMarc BenioffMark CubanMax LevchinMichael BloombergNir EyalPaul GrahamReid HoffmanRyan HooverSophie BakalarSteve JobsTim O’Reilly
Eric Ries · 2011
Ben Horowitz · 2014
Andrew WilkinsonNat EliasonAlfred LinAndrew ChenAustin RiefBen HorowitzBrad FeldBrett AdcockChris DixonDavid CancelDrew HoustonDustin MoskovitzFletcher RichmanJenny ChuJensen HuangJulie StevanjaJulie ZhuoKathryn MinshewKeith RaboisLuis von AhnMarc AndreessenMarty CaganMatt MullenwegMax LevchinNate O'BrienNick MolnarPeter AttiaPeter ThielRaoul PalReid HoffmanSam AltmanSatya NadellaSophie BakalarSuperbook reading listsTobi LütkeZack Onisko
T1 Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters · 2014
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
Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson · 2011
