Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors: A Primer on Venture Capital - Hardcover

Scott Chou

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1427631271 ISBN 13: 9781427631275

Publisher: Aardvark Global Publishing Company, 2008

Synopsis

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 as outlined in popular textbooks. However, in contrast to the daunting encyclopedic approach taken by many conventional textbooks, this book seeks to provide longer term retention for the average reader through wit and wisdom. Students of venture capital and experienced venture capitalists in search of teaching tools are the target audience for this book. For all practitioners of venture capital, this book is not so much about learning something new as much as it is about bringing best practices to the subconscious level where they can be instantly relied upon for the innumerable snap judgments that are typical of the industry.

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About the Author

Scott Chou entered the venture capital industry via the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program in 1997. He is a currently a partner at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm where he is known for his focus on disruptive technologies and China. Chou's passion for early stage technology ventures extends back to his high school days when he joined his first startup as a software engineer. He has since worked for five more technology ventures, and his broad expertise spans the industry from manufacturing to software development to chip design. Chou's educational background includes a bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering with honors from Caltech as well as master's degrees from Harvard University and Stanford University.

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 perpective. 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, Co-Founder of the Kauffman Fellows Program, Author of New Venture Creation

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

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Aardvark Global Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1427631271
• ISBN 13: 9781427631275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 86