TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholas,Tom
TI  - VC: An American History 
SN  - 9780674240100
AV  - HG4751 .N525 2019eb
U1  - 332/.041540973 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Venture capital
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240100
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674240100
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