This book tells the story of how the venture capital industry arose from America’s longstanding identification with entrepreneurship and risk-taking -- starting with the whaling voyages that set sail from New Bedford in the earliest days of VC.
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VC: An American History
“In principle, venture capital is where the ordinarily conservative, cynical domain of big money touches dreamy, long-shot enterprise. In practice, it has become the distinguishing big-business engine of our time…[A] first-rate history.” —New Yorker
