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Although most people know nothing about them, venture capitalists are the small yet elite group of people funding and shaping world-changing technology businesses like Google, Facebook, Uber, and Amazon. Whether you're an aspiring investor, entrepreneur, or career-focused business professional, this book will teach you how this historically exclusive and incredibly lucrative industry actually works. Through a combination of the author's real-life stories coupled with insights from other elite venture investors from unexpected backgrounds, Breaking into Venture draws the curtain on what it takes to break into venture capital, navigate the hidden pitfalls that insiders know to avoid, and build a long-term winning strategy that plays to your unique strengths. Drawing on her background building multiple successful venture funds and teaching venture capital at world-class business schools on both coasts, Allison Baum Gates shares the nine fundamental principles that lead to success in VC, providing everything you need to navigate the rapidly changing technology landscape. By learning how venture investors think, you'll unlock your own potential, whether you're looking to make angel investments, develop and launch a successful business, or create the career of your dreams.

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"""For people with new and different perspectives to find their way in a historically exclusive and homogeneous industry...[Gates] breaks down complex and opaque concepts in a way that is accessible to anyone. Whether you are trying to break into the industry or just understand this important asset class, this book is a great resource."" -- ""Angela Lee, professor of Venture Capital at Columbia Business School and founder of 37 Angels """

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Allison Baum Gates, a general partner at the early-stage venture capital fund Semper Virens, has spent her career at the intersection of VC and the future of work. She served as an analyst on the Manhattan trading floor of Goldman Sachs, worked at General Assembly (sold to Adecco for $413M in 2018), cofounded global seed fund Fresco Capital, and was an investor at Trinity Ventures. In addition to speaking at a variety of industry conferences around the globe and appearances on BloombergTV and Cheddar TV, Gates teaches venture capital at Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley-Haas. Jessica Marchbank is a classically trained vocalist based in Bloomington, Indiana. She spends her days working for a national reproductive justice nonprofit organization, and her nights in her professional home studio bringing stories to life with her clear, warm voice and energetic spirit. Jessica has an unbridled enthusiasm for long hours at the microphone and a fanatical attention to detail which she brings to every project.

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