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I spent some time in early-stage venture capital, at Union Square Ventures, at the beginning of my career, and I still find the industry fascinating and bizarre. A few of my favorite books about it all: The New Venturers John W. Wilson The story of venture capital as it was just getting going – how New Yorkers moved west and the asset class came into its own. The most striking thing, for me, was how many sentences could be lifted from the pages (via iPhone screenshot to Twitter, natch) to explain today. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Carlota Perez It’s dense and academic, but I found its main argument about the existence of an installation phase (when the infrastructure required by new technologies is built) and a deployment phase (when new technologies comes into their own), and how those phases interact with financial markets, worth understanding. The Essays of Warren Buffet Warren Buffet Collected and categorized snippets of Buffet’s shareholder letters. Buffet inve

Venture capital books Venture capital I spent some time in early-stage venture capital, at Union Square Ventures , at the beginning of my career, and I still find the industry fascinating and bizarre. A few of my favorite books about it all: The New Venturers John W. Wilson The story of venture capital as it was just getting going - how New Yorkers moved west and the asset class came into its own. The most striking thing, for me, was how many sentences could be lifted from the pages (via iPhone screenshot to Twitter, natch) to explain today. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Carl

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