What are some good books about the VC industry? Are there VC book equivalents to Ibanking books like Monkey Business or Liar's Poker?
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"e Boys" is often talked
"e Boys" is often talked about. There are a ton of technical books on VC, but eBoys is a more colorful "insider" account, similar to MonkeyB and LiarsP, etc. Has mixed reviews too, just like the others. Needs a grain of salt, just like the others.
well, I just stumbled upon
well, I just stumbled upon this randomly, so I don't know what others think of it. But the Good Ventures, by John W. Wilson, is quite good--it kind of talks about how vc got started, from the words of entrepreneurs and VCs. It's kind of old--1985.
Maybe I'll check out e Boys too.
Read Investment Visionaries
Read Investment Visionaries by Peter Tanous. First section is interviews with major players in the VC space. Really good insights on how VC partners think about the market.
Tom Perkins
Im actually in the process of reading Valley Boy by Tom Perkins, one of the founders of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Compaq, Google, Sun Micro, EA, Netscape, Amazon).
Its pretty good so far. Mix of venture cap experiences, pre-VC experiences and his life experiences.
Anything a little more
Anything a little more educational, such as discussing follow-on rounds of funding, accretion/dilution, valuation of startups, etc? I had started to read "Deal Terms" by Wilmerding, which I thought was good, but wonder if there are better out there.