eBoys Audiobook by Randall E. Stross

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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: eBoys Subtitle: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work Author: Randall E. Stross Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 10-23-00 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 281 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Randall Stross, author of acclaimed books on Microsoft and Steve Jobs, blends a business historian's perspective with a journalist's flair for suspenseful storytelling to look at wealth creation up close. For two years, Stross gained unprecedented access to the venture capitalists at Benchmark, an upstart firm founded by thirtysomething renegades whose average height happens to be 6'5. Since Benchmark's founding in 1995, each partner's net worth has increased, on average, $100 million annually. Stross was present as the Benchmark boys debated which businesses to support, and by recounting their conversations in testosterone-rich detail, he offers listeners the most precise and enlightening account of the ways in which venture capitalists think, evaluate prospects, and wield influence. The author also gained access to a number of the Benchmark-backed start-ups, including a small, privately held San Jose company called eBay. The value of the company grew from $20 million to more than $21 billion within two years of Benchmark's investment, an increase of 100,000 percent. Business Week called it "probably the best venture capital investment of all time." Critic Reviews: "This eye-opening first-hand account of the young, gutsy, and mega-rich entrepreneurs who are financing today's hottest Web-based businesses will leave you gasping." (Glenn Brenner, author of The Emperors of Chocolate)

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