The Kingmakers Venture Capital and the Money Behind the Net

by Southwick, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780471395201
• ISBN10: 047139520X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-08-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A noted journalist and author gets close to the key players in a hush-hush field The Kingmakers reveals the world of high-powered venture capitalists, following them as they interview hopeful entrepreneurs, select boards for funded companies, shepherd companies toward an IPO, and decide which industries and what companies to invest in. This is the first time a journalist has been given total access to this highly guarded business for a book-length work. It offers insight into what companies and industries will hold the key to our economic future, as well as the inner workings of the venture capitalists and investment bankers. Author has access to the key players in high technology and some of the venture capitalists profiled include Ann Winblad, Roger McNamee, Dick Kramlich, and Andy Rappaport. Karen Southwick (San Francisco, CA) is a professional journalist and Managing Editor of Forbes ASAP, a bimonthly magazine with a circulation of 850,000. She is the author of Silicon Gold Rush (0-471-24646-8) and High Noon

Author Biography

KAREN SOUTHWICK is a journalist and Executive Editor of Forbes ASAP. Her other books include the critically acclaimed Silicon Gold Rush and High Noon (both from Wiley).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Foreword: Demystifying Venture Capital	vii
Preface: Enabling the Entrepreneurial Dream	xi
The Grand Ritual	1	(20)
The Venture Capital Way	21	(22)
The Beginning	43	(18)
The Venture Capital Hierarchy	61	(20)
The Venture Capital Hierarchy: The Other Guys	81	(16)
The Buck Starts Here	97	(20)
The Pitch	117	(18)
Working Hard for the Money	135	(16)
A Partnership Made in Liquidity	151	(22)
Behind the Curtain	173	(16)
The Dark Side	189	(20)
New Faces: Angles in America	209	(18)
New Faces: Incubators et al.	227	(18)
The Future of Venture Capital	245	(16)
Notes	261	(4)
Index	265