Venture Capital Bible

Hi,

I want to apply for an VC-internship this summer. Till then I will do the BIWS Fundamentals Course to gain some technical knowledge in modeling. Besides that, can anyone recommend ressources to gain knowledge in VC? Is there any 'must read bilbe' of VC that you guys can recommend?

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If you are interested in this from perspective of an investor (decisions about buying, selling and growing companies), two very best books on PE/VC that I have read are below (they are more about VC, especially the casebook).

  1. The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing: http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Private-Equity-Venture-Capital/dp/0071624…
  2. Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook: http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Capital-Private-Equity-Casebook/dp/047065…

I would admit this is advanced read, not because they are difficult but because they assume you know all the corporate finance / private investing concepts and basics.

 

"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 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.

 

I would say some good books would be:

Venture Deals by Feld and Mendelson From Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters The New New Thing by Michael Lewis The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

What I believe is the most comprehensive text is: The Business of Venture Capital by Mahendra something.

Also some blogs to check out: Saastr.com a16z.com the blog andrewchen.co Paul Graham has a 'blog' which has some good stuff in it.

Also consider getting on Quora.com (it was started by the old CTO of Facebook) and has so much resources on Venture Capital from the best VCs, founders and angel investors around.

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I would say some good books would be:

Venture Deals by Feld and Mendelson From Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters The New New Thing by Michael Lewis The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

What I believe is the most comprehensive text is: The Business of Venture Capital by Mahendra something.

Also some blogs to check out: Saastr.com a16z.com the blog andrewchen.co Paul Graham has a 'blog' which has some good stuff in it.

Also consider getting on Quora.com (it was started by the old CTO of Facebook) and has so much resources on Venture Capital from the best VCs, founders and angel investors around.

Were there any particular thread on qora that you found interesting?

 

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