The power law : venture capital and the art of disruption / Sebastian Mallaby.
Publisher: London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022Description: 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241356524; 9780241557341.Subject(s): Venture capital -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area | High technology industries -- Finance | New business enterprises -- Finance | Technological innovations -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 332.04154Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 332.04154 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020795 |
Introduction : unreasonable people -- Arthur Rock and liberation capital -- Finance without finance -- Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and activist capital -- The whispering of Apple -- Cosco, 3Com, and the valley ascendant -- Planners and improvisers -- Benchmark, SoftBank, and "Everyone needs $100 million" -- Money for Google, kind of for nothing -- Peter Theil, Y Combinator, and the valley's youth revolt -- To China, and stir -- Accel, Facebook, and the decline of Kleiner Perkins --- A Russian, a tiger, and the rise of growth equity -- Sequoia's strength in numbers -- Unicorn poker -- Luck, skill, and the competition among nations.