Penguin Press The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

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Great read if you're interested in the history of VC investing and Silicone Valley.

Toute l'histoire des VC (investisseurs) depuis les années 60, passionnant et rempli d'infos qui permettent de mieux comprendre l'histoire et l'économie de la tech (mais pas que)

I've been in VC for 20+ years on both sides of the pond, US and Europe and have worked on deals with many of the firms mentioned in here. I've learned so much about my industry from this book. What a fantastic read! The footnotes are also a real treasure trove. Thank you.

A nice account of the complex dealings in Silicon Valley.How there was a kind of equality for the gifted and mostly highly qualified people that new projects needed. Some were also self-taught and had no formal qualifications, but had proved their talents. Looking after them was part of the process.He does not mention the bad treatment of those who were not particularly needed, like Amazon warehouse staff. The book also fails to give details of how the three basics - advanced electronics, the package-switching for the internet and the easy-to-use hyperlinks of the World Wide Web - were all pioneered by rather different people. And made with public money and no thought of profit, either for military research or particle physics at CERN, where Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.Nor does he notice that the gigantic profits going to a few people have no clear benefit to the society as a whole. Allowing for a population increased by vast numbers of immigrants, the USA grew no faster after the changes begun by Reagan than it had before.But what it does say is interesting and informative. Some of the human stories have the same fascination as the early episodes of Dallas, or even The Sopranos.Definitely a book you need to read.