Best Venture Capital Firms To Work For - April 2024

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

• ASIN: B078VW3VM7
• ASIN: B078VW3VM7
• Manufacturer: Knopf

From Zero to Sixty on Hedge Funds and Private Equity: What They Do, How They Do It, and Why They Do The Mysterious Things They Do

This books looks to give you two things regarding hedge funds, private equity, and other asset management firms. Two things that anybody can learn and then use to talk about with their friends and coworkers. The first is the knowledge - a foundation tool set of key words, industry phrases and financial concepts made clear in plain english. This book puts meanings and understanding to terms you may have already heard in finance but did not quite understand. There is no math and there are no equations. This is not an academic paper nor does it want to be. The goal is to help you grasp that conce... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0057SM31Y
• ASIN: B0057SM31Y

Integrated Investing: Impact Investing with Head, Heart, Body, and Soul

Balancing financial skills with an ethical mindset and intuition is challenging in an increasingly complex world and market. Integrated Investing offers an insightful methodology and practice for making investment decisions that reap rewards while matching your values. Developed over more than two decades’ experience in finance, investment banking and venture capital, Foley-Wong’s tools will shift your perspective about the relationship between money and social good, while techniques will help you to evaluate investments in high-stakes situations. The result? You will learn to make savvy i... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M699S4K
• ASIN: B01M699S4K
• Manufacturer: Bevel Press

The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLERAmazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that’s been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these compa­nies broadcast, Galloway asks fundamental questions. How did the Four infiltrate our lives so completely that they’re almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why doe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735213658
• ASIN: 0735213658
• ISBN: 0735213658
• Manufacturer: Portfolio

Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion

One of the greatest entrepreneurial success stories of the past twenty yearsWhen a friend told Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank that "you've just been hit in the ass by a golden horseshoe," they thought he was crazy. After all, both had just been fired. What the friend, Ken Langone, meant was that they now had the opportunity to create the kind of wide-open warehouse store that would help spark a consumer revolution through low prices, excellent customer service, and wide availability of products.Built from Scratch is the story of how two incredibly determined and creative people--and their asso... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812933788
• ASIN: 0812933788
• ISBN: 0812933788
• Brand: Marcus, Bernie/ Blank, Arthur/ Andelman, Bob
• Manufacturer: Crown Business

Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital

Venture capitalists are the handmaidens of innovation. Operating in the background, they provide the fuel needed to get fledgling companies off the ground--and the advice and guidance that helps growing companies survive their adolescence.In Creative Capital, Spencer Ante tells the compelling story of the enigmatic and quirky man--Georges Doriot--who created the venture capital industry. The author traces the pivotal events in Doriot's life, including his experience as a decorated brigadier general during World War II; as a maverick professor at Harvard Business School; and as the architect an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1422101223
• ASIN: 1422101223
• ISBN: 9781422101223
• Brand: Brand: Harvard Business Review Press
• Manufacturer: Harvard Business Review Press

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing

Ten Leading private investors share their secrets to maximum profitability In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, the pioneers of the industry share the investing and management wisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming their portfolio companies. Based on original interviews conducted by the authors, this book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most matter to the high-level investor, such as selecting and working with management, pioneering new markets, adding value through operational improvements, applying private equity principles to non-profi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0071624600
• ASIN: 0071624600
• ISBN: 0071624600
• Brand: McGraw-Hill
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong

The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead–and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them. This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they’re mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It’s the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after CEO who teaches others how to lead.   Hadeed unintentionally launched Student Maid while attending college ten years ago. Since then, Student... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1591848296
• ASIN: 1591848296
• ISBN: 1591848296
• Manufacturer: Portfolio

Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds--From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity

"Straight Talk for Startups memorializes age-old best practices and empowers both experienced and new investment professionals to beat the odds."—David Krane, CEO, Google Ventures"Straight Talk for Startups is filled with real, raw, and fact-based ‘rules of the road’ that you need to know when diving into our ultra-competitive startup world. A must read and a re-read!"—Tony Fadell, Coinventor of the iPod/iPhone & Founder of Nest LabsVeteran venture capitalist Randy Komisar and finance executive Jantoon Reigersman share no-nonsense, counterintuitive guidelines to help anyone build a suc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006286906X
• ASIN: 006286906X
• ISBN: 006286906X
• Manufacturer: HarperBusiness

Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons' "hysterical" (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best book about Silicon Valley," takes readers inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech startups.For twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession--until one Friday morning when he received a phone call: Poof. His job no longer existed. "I think they just want to hire younger people," his boss at Newsweek told him. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kid... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316306096
• ASIN: 0316306096
• ISBN: 0316306096
• Brand: HACHETTE
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

• ASIN: 0812930959
• ASIN: 0812930959
• ISBN: 0812930959
• Manufacturer: Crown Business

Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology

The information revolution has made for a radically more fluid knowledge environment, and the growth of venture capital has created inexorable pressure towards fast commercialisation of existing technologies Companies that don't use the technologies they develop are likely to lose them. Key features Over the past several years, Hank Chesbrough has done excellent research and writing on the commercialisation of technology and the changing role and context for R&D. This book represents a powerful synthesis of that work in the form of a new paradigm for managing corporate research and bringing ne... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1422102831
• ASIN: 1422102831
• ISBN: 1422102831
• Brand: Brand: Harvard Business Review Press
• Manufacturer: Harvard Business Review Press

Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech

Why has the biotechnology industry failed to perform up to expectations—despite all its promise? In Science Business, Gary P. Pisano answers this question by providing an incisive critique of the industry. Pisano not only reveals the underlying causes of biotech's problems; he offers the most sophisticated analysis yet on how the industry works. And he provides clear prescriptions for companies, investors, and policy makers seeking ways to improve the industry's performance. According to Pisano, the biotech industry's problems stem from its special character as a science-based business. This... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1591398401
• ASIN: 1591398401
• ISBN: 9781591398400
• Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press

Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle Is Redefining Green Business

The amazing story of what Inc. calls "The coolest little startup in America." While a freshman at Princeton, Tom Szaky co- founded a company that recycles garbage into worm poop, liquefies it, then packages it in used soda bottles, creating TerraCycle Plant Food. Five years later, this all-natural, highly effective fertilizer is available in every Home Depot, Target,Wal?Mart, and more than 3000 other locations. It's a thrilling entrepreneurial success story-and just the beginning of what makes Revolution in a Bottle fascinating. Szaky argues for a new approach to business, an "ecocapitalism" b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1591842506
• ASIN: 1591842506
• ISBN: 1591842506
• Manufacturer: Portfolio

Secrets of Sand Hill Road : Venture Capital and How to Get It

What are venture capitalists saying about your startup behind closed doors? And what can you do to influence that conversation? If Silicon Valley is the greatest wealth-generating machine in the world, Sand Hill Road is

• UPC: 791276210

The Business of Venture Capital : Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies

"The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital businessThe Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a

• UPC: 33647976

Venture Capital for Dummies

Secure venture capital? Easy. Getting a business up and running or pushing a brilliant product to the marketplace requires capital. For many entrepreneurs, a lack of start-up capital can be the single biggest roadblock to

• UPC: 23564438

2018 Best Resources for Venture Capital - eBook

This reference is loaded with necessary resources useful to small business entrepreneurs and those with a product or service to launch and in need of capital investment. Get expert advice regarding loans and lending sources

• UPC: 766575724

Does capital structure influence firms value? - eBook

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1, University of Applied Sciences Kempten (University of Ulster), 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In accordance with

• UPC: 800062310

6 Surprisingly Effective Ways to Venture Capital - eBook

Having your own business is one of the dreams and goal of the average person. Most of us would rather be their own boss than become someone else’s employee. Unfortunately having your own business is

• UPC: 875417459

The African-American Community and Its Need for Venture Capital - eBook

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• UPC: 249869212

The Best Book On Getting Into Venture Capital - eBook

In The Best Book On Getting Into Venture Capital 3 venture capitalists walk readers through everything they need to know about getting into the industry. From an industry overview and exploring the right mindset to

• UPC: 943636999

Venture Capital: All You Wanted to Know - eBook

Venture capital is one industry that has been around for the past 60 years or so. However, just like any industry, it continues to evolve and change. Much of its development can be attributed to

• UPC: 285064995

Neue Perspektiven für die Venture Capital Finanzierung - eBook

Unter dem Stichwort 'High-Tech-Masterplan' gibt es aktuell Überlegungen des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung, jungen High-Tech-Unternehmen Steuerbefreiung bzw. Steuerentlastung zu gewähren. (1) Erhebliche Unsicherheiten bestehen auf Seiten der Beteiligungskapitalgesellschaften aufgrund der seit rund zwei Jahren

• UPC: 359448006