Venture Capital funds are the fastest growing sector of the
financial industry, and possibly the least understood. In this
book, the author provides a primer on what some of the world's best
venture capitalists have in common. How do the world's top venture
capitalists consistently obtain supernormal returns? How do they
add value to entrepreneurs they have backed? Why is a top venture
capitalist like a skilled chef? How did Lip Bu Tan, when he was
Chairman of Walden, manage to invest in Creative Technology,
despite the CEO's aversion for VCs?How did Nam Ho, Founder and
Managing Partner of Altos Venture, turn an introduction by a
Stanford Business School professor into a venture capital firm
managing a quarter billion dollars of capital?How does Bing Gordon,
Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and author of the
business plan that resulted in KPCB's investment in Electronic
Arts, time exits properly?Why did Soo Boon Koh, Managing Director
of IGlobe Ventures, back a GPS company which was filing for Chapter
11, in the post 9-11 market?
The "Way of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists on Your
Board" is essential reading for venture capital practitioners,
including partners, principals, analysts, consultants and limited
partners--both institutional and private. It is also useful to
students of finance who want a better understanding of what goes on
in the venture capital world.
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