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| Author | Sebastian Mallaby |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Finance, Venture capital |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | 2022 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 482 |
| ISBN | 9780525559993 |
| OCLC | 1264172232 |
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future (2022) is a financial book by Sebastian Mallaby published by Penguin Press.[1] It is a history of venture capital since the mid-20th century century primarily in the United States, with some sections covering China, India, Israel and Europe, among other regions. The book's title refers to the power law, the statistical distribution describing returns to venture capital firms. It was one of the six books shortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award[2] and was named one of the best books of 2022 by The Economist.[3] The Financial Times praised it for being "sweeping and authoritative".[4]
Summary[edit]
In each chapter, Mallaby focuses on a few individuals or companies who were significant in the history of venture capital, sometimes using them as case studies for introducing ideas in investing and finance. The following lists some of the major people, organizations and topics covered by each chapter:
- Introduction Unreasonable People: Vinod Khosla, Patrick Brown, power law, long-tailed distributions, 80/20 rule
- Chapter 1 Arthur Rock and Liberation Capital: Causes for Silicon Valley's emergence in California, American Research and Development, Arthur Rock, Fairchild Semiconductor
- Chapter 2 Finance Without Finance: Davis & Rock, Scientific Data Systems, Intel
- Chapter 3 Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Activist Capital: The formation of Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, Atari, Genentech, Teledyne
- Chapter 4 The Whispering of Apple: Mike Markkula, Apple, angel investing, the innovator’s dilemma
- Chapter 5 Cisco, 3Com, and the Valley Ascendant: Cisco, 3Com, networking technologies, Metcalfe's law
- Chapter 6 Planners and Improvisers: Accel, UUNET, Mosaic
- Chapter 7 Benchmark, SoftBank, and “Everyone Needs $100 Million”: Benchmark, Masayoshi Son's SoftBank, EBay, Yahoo!
- Chapter 8 Money for Google, Kind of for Nothing: Google, Andy Bechtolsheim and the rising commonness of angel investments
- Chapter 9 Peter Thiel, Y Combinator, and the Valley’s Youth Revolt: PayPal, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Paul Graham's Y Combinator
- Chapter 10 To China, and Stir: Alibaba, Meituan, Sequioa's China branch under Neil Shen
- Chapter 11 Accel, Facebook, and the Decline of Kleiner Perkins: Accel's "prepared mind" approach and its successful investment in Facebook, Kleiner Perkins' disappointing diversity hiring efforts and investments in clean technology
- Chapter 12 A Russian, a Tiger, and the Rise of Growth Equity: Yuri Milner, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, growth equity
- Chapter 13 Sequoia’s Strength in Numbers: Innovations at Sequoia, including the incorporation of decision science in funding discussions, establishment of its India branch and the formation of Sequoia Capital Global Equities and Sequoia Heritage Fund
- Chapter 14 Unicorn Poker: Theranos, WeWork, Uber
- Conclusion Luck, Skill, and the Competition Among Nations: addressing criticisms against venture capital firms, policy ideas for encouraging venture capital
See also[edit]
- Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 (1994) by AnnaLee Saxenian
- Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age (2017) by Leslie Berlin
References[edit]
- ^ The Power Law. Council on Foreign Relations. 2022.
- ^ Graphics, FT Interactive. "Best business books". FT Business book of the year award. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
- ^ "These are The Economist's best books of 2022". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
- ^ Graphics, FT Interactive. "The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby". FT Business book of the year award. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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