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The Power Law

Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

by Sebastian Mallaby · 2022 · 496 pages

Patrick Collison
Patrick Collison
Paul Graham
Paul Graham
Recommended by 2 elites

Recommended by 2 Elites

Patrick Collison

Paul Graham

About This Book

A comprehensive history of the venture capital industry and its role in shaping modern technology and the global economy. Based on extensive interviews with partners at major firms, it explores the strategies of financiers and the principle of the 'power law,' where a few outsized successes compensate for numerous failures.

Book Details

Published

2022

Pages

496

Language

en

ISBN

9780525559993

Awards & Recognition

Financial Times Business Book of the Year (Shortlist 2022)The Economist Best Book of 2022

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