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Many of the most successful and wealthiest people share one key trait. They are avid readers.
- Anne Gherini

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Where Can I Read About Venture Capital?

Put simply, venture capital is the money used to start a business. Venture capitalists (or VCs) invest in a business, usually in exchange for a piece of ownership.

These investments have helped companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon grow. These highly successful companies have become household names and the benchmark for VC investments.

This corner of the financial world bears both incredible risks and rewards, and the best VCs study trends, research reports, financial statements, and other market intelligence to make sure they’re investing in the right companies.

“Many of the most successful and wealthiest people share one key trait. They are avid readers,” said startup executive and business columnist Anne Gherini.

“Many of today’s most prolific venture capitalists share a strong passion for reading. Take Warren Buffett. When asked about the key to his success, he pointed to a stack of books.”

What are the Best Books About Venture Capital?

Publications like The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and Forbes all have beats dedicated to venture capital, but you can learn even more by reading books about venture capital.

It About Damn Time

By Arlan Hamilton

From a black, gay woman who broke into the boys’ club of Silicon Valley comes an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own dreams.

Leapfrog

By Nathalie Molina Niño

For women entrepreneurs (and anyone sick of the status quo), this smart, unapologetic collection delivers fifty proven hacks to leapfrog over obstacles and succeed in business.

Business of Venture Capital

By Mahendra Ramsinghani

The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital business from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways.

Zero to One

By Peter Thiel

The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.

Venture Capital For Dummies

By Nicole Gravagna

Venture Capital For Dummies takes entrepreneurs step by step through the process of finding and securing venture capital for their own projects.

Black Business Secrets

By Dante Lee

Black Business Secrets discusses the entrepreneurial skills that African-American business owners must master in order to compete in a world where most new companies fail within three years.

The Glass Closet

By John Browne

Lord John Browne, former CEO of BP, seeks to unsettle business leaders by exposing the culture of homophobia that remains rampant in corporations around the world, and which prevents employees from showing their authentic selves.

Brotopia

By Emily Chang

Bloomberg TV journalist Emily Chang reveals how Silicon Valley got so sexist despite its utopian ideals, why bro culture endures despite decades of companies claiming the moral high ground, and how women are finally starting to speak out and fight back.

The Culture Code

By Daniel Coyle

A book that demystifies the culture-building process by identifying three key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation, and explains how diverse groups learn to function with a single mind.

Super Founders

By Ali Tamaseb

Super Founders uses a data-driven approach to understand what really differentiates billion-dollar startups from the rest—revealing that nearly everything we thought was true about them is false!

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