Maxims Morals & Metaphors: A Primer on Venture Cap - 1271

Product Description As an experienced entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist, Scott Chou brings you on the inside of today\'s startup world. Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors is a humorous and profound compilation of business metaphors assembled to teach the art of venture capital investing. The author\'s background includes having worked at five technology startups prior to joining the venture capital arena via the Kauffman Fellows Program. Chou is currently a partner at a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm and holds academic degrees from Caltech, Harvard, and Stanford. Review Scott Chou has captured his Kauffman Fellows Program and venture capital investing experience in this very concise, insightful, and most memorable treatise on the art and craft of venture capital investing. His pithy quotes elucidate key lessons and insights from an insider's and investor's perspective. It is an invaluable, entertaining, and easy to read guide for entrepreneurs and aspiring VCs alike. --Jeffry A. Timmons, Franklin W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Babson College, Author of New Venture Creation, Co-Founder of the Kauffman Fellows Program I laughed, I cried. This book is mandatory reading for any new venture capitalist. Scott Chou makes sense of the idioms we use to describe the myriad of situations we find ourselves in as investors in entrepreneurs. This book will help us all better support those who take on the highest calling -- The Riskmasters. --Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Scott Chou has written a terrific little book, chock-full of wisdom. Useful aphorisms abound. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists -- experienced and newbies -- would be well-advised to take his advice to heart. --William A. Sahlman, Dimitri V.D'Arbeloff Professor of Harvard Business School, Author of The Entrepreneurial Venture About the Artist Scott Chou has been actively investing in technology venture capital in Silicon Valley since he was a Kauffman Fellow in 1997. He is the founder and managing partner of the ESO Fund with $500 million under management. Scott got is BS with honors from Caltech and has Master’s Degrees from Harvard and Stanford University.
ASIN: 1427633851
VSKU: GGV.1427633851.N
Condition: New
Author/Artist:Scott Chou
Binding: Audio CD