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Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories (Harvard Business School Press) (Hardcover)

by Udayan Gupta (Author) "Since 1995, when it was first launched, Benchmark Capital has established itself as one of the industry's leading players, with spectacular results from investments in..." (more)

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Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (20 Sep 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0875849385
ISBN-13: 978-0875849386
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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"Until a few years ago", notes journalist-consultant Udayan Gupta, "venture capitalists were hardly on anyone's radar screen". That's not the case these days, as financiers who used to work behind the scenes now regularly set markets afire with their public support of high-profile technology and Internet stocks. In Done Deals, Gupta allows 35 of the brightest stars in what has become a $30-billion-a-year business to tell their own stories in their own words. We get to see exactly what they were thinking when they backed such endeavours as Intel, eBay, Excite, Genentech and 3Com. Gupta's intention is to demonstrate how the industry has changed over the past half-century and how it differs today among its various forms. He achieves this beautifully by dividing the first-person accounts into thematically attuned sections that focus on deal makers of the future (such as Mitch Kapor of Accel Partners), early pioneers, West Coast veterans (such as Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital), past and present East Coast practitioners, and visionaries (including John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). Some of the stories are more detailed than others, but taken together they provide a well-rounded view that will interest anyone who must deal with this often intertwined yet still individual world. --Howard Rothman

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This work provides a revealing history of the venture capital industry as told through first-person accounts. It chronicles the industry's beginnings and highlights the differences between America's West and East coast firms. More than thirty leading venture capitalists - from early pioneers such as Eugene Kleiner and Arthur Rock to current top players like Geoff Yang and John Dorrer - reveal insights gleaned from their personal experiences in successful deal-making.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste, 16 Feb 2001

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The author had an incredible opportunity to gather some meaningful insights from the VC's that contributed to the book. VC's that have done some of the most successful deals and have truly shaped the VC industry. Yet what emerges is a dull potted history of the life stories of these individuals. If your an entrepreneur looking for an insight into the VC process, don't buy this book. Instead I would highly recommend Zero Gravity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 10 Nov 2000

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Very insightful book. If you want to know how the venture capital industry has evolved then read this book If you are an entrepreneur then read this book before you make your business plan. A must for anyone planning to be a venture capitalist.

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