商品簡介
A noted journalist and author gets close to the key players in a hush-hush field
The Kingmakers reveals the world of high-powered venture capitalists, following them as they interview hopeful entrepreneurs, select boards for funded companies, shepherd companies toward an IPO, and decide which industries and what companies to invest in. This is the first time a journalist has been given total access to this highly guarded business for a book-length work. It offers insight into what companies and industries will hold the key to our economic future, as well as the inner workings of the venture capitalists and investment bankers. Author has access to the key players in high technology and some of the venture capitalists profiled include Ann Winblad, Roger McNamee, Dick Kramlich, and Andy Rappaport.
Karen Southwick (San Francisco, CA) is a professional journalist and Managing Editor of Forbes ASAP, a bimonthly magazine with a circulation of 850,000. She is the author of Silicon Gold Rush (0-471-24646-8) and High Noon
作者簡介
KAREN SOUTHWICK is a journalist and Executive Editor of Forbes ASAP. Her other books include the critically acclaimed Silicon Gold Rush and High Noon (both from Wiley).
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Acknowledgments.
Foreword: Demystifying Venture Capital.
Preface: Enabling the Entrepreneurial Dream.
The Grand Ritual.
The Venture Capital Way.
The Beginning.
The Venture Capital Hierarchy.
The Venture Capital Hierarchy: The Other Guys.
The Buck Starts Here.
The Pitch.
Working Hard for the Money.
A Partnership Made in Liquidity.
Behind the Curtain.
The Dark Side.
New Faces: Angels in America.
New Faces: Incubators et al.
The Future of Venture Capital.
Notes.
Index.
