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VC : An American History / Tom Nicholas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674240100
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332/.041540973 23
LOC classification:
  • HG4751 .N525 2019eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORY -- 1. Whaling Ventures -- 2. The Early Development of Risk Capital -- 3. The Rise of Private Capital Entities -- 4. The Market versus the Government -- 5. The Limited Partnership Structure -- 6. Silicon Valley and the Emergence of Investment Styles -- 7. High-Tech, an Evolving Ecosystem, and Diversity during the 1980s -- 8. The Big Bubble -- Epilogue. FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674240100

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORY -- 1. Whaling Ventures -- 2. The Early Development of Risk Capital -- 3. The Rise of Private Capital Entities -- 4. The Market versus the Government -- 5. The Limited Partnership Structure -- 6. Silicon Valley and the Emergence of Investment Styles -- 7. High-Tech, an Evolving Ecosystem, and Diversity during the 1980s -- 8. The Big Bubble -- Epilogue. FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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