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No one has ever explained how a venture capitalist plays an active role in creating world-changing companies. The venture capitalist often hires the senior management, helps develop the business model, introduces the company to its largest customers, and provides governance. It is a role akin to being an entrepreneur, not just an investor. This book tells stories of the good, the bad, and the ugly of creating companies, and explains how the VC industry created 80 percent of the American economy. The industry now faces severely damaging legislation. Venture capital is different from leverage buyouts and hedge funds and needs to be regulated in an entirely different way.

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. . . a beautifully candid and compelling account that integrates personal triumph and tragedy into the history of New Enterprise Associates, and more. -Tom Nicholas, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and author of Venture Capital: An American History . . . a fascinating description of the venture capital industry with a particularly human perspective. . . . a real-life story that is rarely documented. -Bon French, Adams Street A compelling memoir revealing the heart and mind of a leading venture capitalist who shaped the industry. -Marguerite Gong Hancock, Computer Museum Venture capitalism is about having the courage to put trust in others, and the conviction to do the right thing-even when it's hard. - Dick Kramlich, Founding Partner, NEA

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"Charles Watson Newhall III is a third-generation venture capitalist who started New Enterprise Associates (NEA), now the largest early-stage venture capital in the world. As one of twenty people who have received the National Venture Capital Association's ""Lifetime Achievement Award,"" he has given hundreds of lectures on venture capital, both in the US and Europe, and has appeared on TV many times. He previously published two nonfiction books: Fearful Odds and Brightside Gardens."

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