The Startup Game Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs

by Draper, III, William H.; Schmidt, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780230104860
• ISBN10: 023010486X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-04
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

The Startup Gameby venture capitalist Bill Draper is the first up-close look at how the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is critical to the future of business. For more than 40 years, Bill Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled Silicon Valley, where today's vision is made into tomorrow's reality. From the VC who saw the value in Skype, Zappos, and many other companies, comes firsthand stories of success. In these pages Draper explores: how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind those ideas (lessons from Yahoo, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Activision, Measurex, and more) the value of political leadership in creating opportunity, including on-the-ground accounts of how Deng Xiaoping brought China roaring into the modern world. Written in an engaging narrative, and incorporating the author's own personal experience as well as other successful entrepreneurs, this book provides a much needed look at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship work.

Author Biography

William H. Draper, III is one of the West Coast's first venture capitalists and the founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, California. Former Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and Undersecretary General of the United Nations, he is currently the General Partner of the venture capital companies Draper Richards L.P., Draper Investment Company, and Draper International.He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University.He received the Vision Award from Software Developers Forum and was inducted into the Dow Jones Venture Capital Hall of Fame. He has also received honorary awards from the Silicon Valley Fast 50, the International Business Forum, the National Venture Capital Association, Harvard and Yale Universities, University of California, and Institute of International Education. He lives in Atherton, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction: Breakfast at Buck's	p. 1
Three Generations	p. 11
How It Works	p. 43
What It Takes	p. 77
My "Missing" Decade	p. 103
To India and Back	p. 133
From International to Global	p. 153
Finding the Exit	p. 173
The Business of Philanthropy	p. 191
Fitting It All Together	p. 215
Afterword	p. 229
Appendix: Nonprofit Organizations Sponsored by the Draper Richards Foundation	p. 236
Notes	p. 250
Index	p. 257
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