VC : an American history / Tom Nicholas.
VC : an American history / Tom Nicholas.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/3248
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English
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vi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: The significance of history -- Whaling ventures -- The early development of risk capital -- The rise of private capital entities -- The market versus the government -- The limited partnership structure -- Silicon Valley and the emergence of investment styles -- High-tech, an evolving e...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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VC tells the riveting story of how the venture capital industry arose from the United States' long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. From nineteenth-century whaling to the multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture capital has been driven by the pull of low-probability but substantial financial rewards. Appreciati...
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VC : an American history / Tom Nicholas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/3248
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74VKVxjXeprO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxjXeprO
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ISBN
0674988000 alkaline paper
9780674988002 alkaline paper
DDC
332.041540973
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991024249806202626
