Bestsellers
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Interesting, but over the top
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-19
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- By: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device....
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Extreme retaliation against former employees
- By LEE on 05-29-18
By: John Carreyrou
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Build
- An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
- By: Tony Fadell
- Narrated by: Tony Fadell, Roger Wayne
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.
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Best guide for start up founders, ever!!!
- By Curly Beard on 05-28-22
By: Tony Fadell
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Empire Builder
- The Road to a Billion
- By: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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You’ve got big dreams for your business, but the odds are not in your favor. You’re struggling to scale. Sometimes, it’s hard to stay profitable. You know you need expert advice to grow....
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Love it!
- By BWoodard on 08-30-24
By: Adam Coffey
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The Power Law
- Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
- By: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of More Money Than God comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms—and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy....
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An Excellent Modern History Book
- By BikerDave on 05-06-24
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Secrets of Sand Hill Road
- Venture Capital and How to Get It
- By: Scott Kupor, Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Kupor explains exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest, and how entrepreneurs can get the best possible deal and make the most of their relationships with VCs....
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As a founder I can highly recommend it
- By Mark on 07-15-19
By: Scott Kupor, and others
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Interesting, but over the top
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-19
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- By: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device....
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Extreme retaliation against former employees
- By LEE on 05-29-18
By: John Carreyrou
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Build
- An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
- By: Tony Fadell
- Narrated by: Tony Fadell, Roger Wayne
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.
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Best guide for start up founders, ever!!!
- By Curly Beard on 05-28-22
By: Tony Fadell
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Empire Builder
- The Road to a Billion
- By: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
You’ve got big dreams for your business, but the odds are not in your favor. You’re struggling to scale. Sometimes, it’s hard to stay profitable. You know you need expert advice to grow....
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Love it!
- By BWoodard on 08-30-24
By: Adam Coffey
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The Power Law
- Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future
- By: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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From the New York Times bestselling author of More Money Than God comes the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms—and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy....
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An Excellent Modern History Book
- By BikerDave on 05-06-24
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Secrets of Sand Hill Road
- Venture Capital and How to Get It
- By: Scott Kupor, Eric Ries
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Kupor explains exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest, and how entrepreneurs can get the best possible deal and make the most of their relationships with VCs....
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As a founder I can highly recommend it
- By Mark on 07-15-19
By: Scott Kupor, and others
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Burn the Boats
- Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential
- By: Matt Higgins
- Narrated by: Matt Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Listen to the book that has inspired thousands of people around the world to pursue their Plan A—making bold career moves, launching dream businesses, fleeing toxic relationships, and silencing the naysayers. Feel like you’re always settling for Plan B?
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Title is all you need.
- By T. Lowe on 02-18-23
By: Matt Higgins
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Private Equity Deals
- Case Studies of Dealmaking from Capital Allocators
- By: Ted Seides
- Narrated by: Ted Seides
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Ted Seides gives you an insight to the conversations that typically happen behind the closed doors of institutional investors and private equity managers.
By: Ted Seides
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10 Commandments of Black Economic Power
- By: Dr. Boyce Watkins
- Narrated by: Thomas A. Penny
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is written under specific conditions of which you should be aware. First, it’s not a “how to get rich” book for individuals looking to maximize their 401(k) or invest in the stock market....
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How we move black children forward
- By Lamont Baxter on 09-03-24
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Walking to Destiny
- 11 Actions an Owner Must Take To Rapidly Grow Value & Unlock Wealth
- By: Christopher M Snider, Scott Snider
- Narrated by: Greg Douras
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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While most business thinkers focus on the endgame, Snider demonstrates that your successful exit is based on what you do now to unlock the value trapped in your business....
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CEPA program- book contradiction
- By Melissa on 10-28-23
By: Christopher M Snider, and others
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Plunder
- Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
- By: Brendan Ballou
- Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In Plunder, an authoritative exposé of private equity, Brendan Ballou explains what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it....
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Don't waste your time or credit
- By Navillus82 on 05-07-23
By: Brendan Ballou
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The Master Key System
- The Original Unabridged and Complete Edition (Charles F. Haanel Classics)
- By: Charles F. Haanel
- Narrated by: Graham Dunlop
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel (1866–1949) that was originally published as a 24-week correspondence course in 1912, and then in book form in 1916....
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My new Bible!
- By Taylor Stone on 09-09-24
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The Misbehavior of Markets
- A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
- By: Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson
- Narrated by: Jason Olazabal
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Mandelbrot has gotten to the bottom of how financial markets really work. In doing so, he describes the volatile, dangerous (and strangely beautiful) properties that financial experts have never before accounted for. The result is no less than the foundation for a new science of finance....
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Where are the PDF?
- By RD on 03-30-19
By: Benoit Mandelbrot, and others
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These Are the Plunderers
- How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America
- By: Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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These Are the Plunderers traces the thirty-year history of corporate takeovers in America and private equity’s increasing dominance....
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Lacks credibility and fact checking
- By Sam Smith on 05-25-23
By: Gretchen Morgenson, and others
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Founder vs Investor
- The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPO
- By: Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Jerry Neumann
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Joy Zalman, Jerry Neumann, Andrew Magnusson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Every iconic tech company was once a startup. And while these companies like to paint an origin story full of surefooted confidence, the truth is usually something different: the early life of most startups is pure chaos....
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There’s always something new to learn
- By David on 02-17-24
By: Elizabeth Joy Zalman, and others
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The Private Equity Playbook, 2nd Edition
- Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity
- By: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, the #1 bestselling book The Private Equity Playbook has helped countless entrepreneurs, leaders, and CEOs like you successfully navigate the PE playing field.
By: Adam Coffey
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Mastering Private Equity
- Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts
- By: Claudia Zeisberger, Michael Prahl, Bowen White
- Narrated by: Nick Gallagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts is the definitive guide to private equity for investors and finance professionals.
By: Claudia Zeisberger, and others
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Angel
- How to Invest in Technology Startups - Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
- By: Jason Calacanis
- Narrated by: Jason Calacanis
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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One of Silicon Valley's most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in start-ups....
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This audio book is worth millions!!
- By BRAD on 07-21-17
By: Jason Calacanis
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Blockchain Innovative and Modern Financial Framework That Will Revolutionize the Next Digital Economy with Blockchain Technology
- By: Isaac D. Cody
- Narrated by: Kevin Theis
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Just as the steam engine and the railroads were the cog of the Industrial Revolution, blockchain is the cog in the next Internet revolution and that time is now....
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Thankful I took this book!
- By Tasha on 06-14-17
By: Isaac D. Cody
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The Hidden Trillion Dollar Industry of Private Equity
- Everything You Need to Know, from Funds to Deals to Real Estate
- By: Maddox Metzger
- Narrated by: Michael A. Goldsmith
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Welcome to the trillion-dollar world of private equity. What started as a $70,000 investment in 1957 has ballooned into one of the largest industries on Earth, and it’s just the beginning…
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I started on my journey.
- By Archie Clarke on 06-22-23
By: Maddox Metzger
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The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments
- Ten Essential Tools for Business Forged in the Trenches of Hollywood
- By: Jeff B. Cohen
- Narrated by: Jeff B. Cohen
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments contains a practical, no-nonsense methodology for negotiating deals, managing your time, and handling crisis all at the highest level....
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I love this guy
- By Philo on 09-25-15
By: Jeff B. Cohen
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Two and Twenty
- How the Masters of Private Equity Always Win
- By: Sachin Khajuria
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The first true insider’s account of private equity reveals what it takes to thrive among the world’s hungriest dealmakers....
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Disappointed by lack of real examples and facts
- By Gadget Lover on 08-22-22
By: Sachin Khajuria
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The Launch Pad
- Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups
- By: Randall Stross
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Twice a year in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm called Y Combinator selects an elite group of young entrepreneurs from around the world for three months of intense work and instruction....
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Soothing
- By Andrew on 12-30-15
By: Randall Stross
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Behind the Startup
- How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
- By: Benjamin Shestakofsky
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Behind the Startup focuses on the role of capital and the influence of financiers. Drawing on 19 months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, this book examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it.
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The Little Book of Valuation (Updated Edition)
- How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock, and Profit
- By: Aswath Damodaran
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock, and Profit, professor and economist Aswath Damodaran guides listeners through the fundamentals and step-by-step process of picking winning companies to invest in.
By: Aswath Damodaran
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Double Your Profits
- In Six Months or Less
- By: Bob Fifer
- Narrated by: Bob Fifer
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Abridged
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One of the nations' foremost financial consultants shares 78 proven ways to cut costs dramatically, send productivity through the roof, and, in just six months, double profits....
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Hypocrisy
- By T on 12-02-23
By: Bob Fifer
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Finance Your Own Business
- Get on the Financing Fast Track
- By: Garrett Sutton Esq., Gerri Detweiler
- Narrated by: Garrett Sutton Esq.
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Get money for your business! Learn the financing fast track strategies used by successful entrepreneurs and investors....
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Must have for new entrepreneurs.
- By RH on 11-04-15
By: Garrett Sutton Esq., and others
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How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund
- The Essential Guide on Fundraising and Understanding Limited Partners
- By: Winter Mead
- Narrated by: Marc P. LeVasseur
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This book serves as a guide. It dives into the process of raising a venture capital fund, the how-tos, the unique language of the limited partner (LP) world, secrets of how LPs think about fund diligence and alignment, the best practices in fundraising, and more....
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raising a fund for beginners
- By Scott Goodman on 11-18-21
By: Winter Mead
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The Art of Profitability
- By: Adrian Slywotzky
- Narrated by: Scott Mosenson, Jack Ong, Adrian Slywotzky - introduction
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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What do Barbie dolls, Nokia phones, and American Express credit cards have in common?...
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Learn from the master!
- By Bruce on 06-13-03
By: Adrian Slywotzky
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Corporate Finance Terms: Financial Education Is Your Best Investment
- The Simple Guide to Financial Management, Risk Management, Statements, Funding, Equity & Cash Flow, Financial IQ Series, Book 5
- By: Thomas Herold
- Narrated by: William Bahl
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Corporate finance is one of the most important parts of the finance domain as to whether the organization is big or small they raise and deploy capital in order to survive and grow....
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Best Investment IQ Series
- By Alecia E. on 09-03-19
By: Thomas Herold