Gompers, Paul A <br/><br/>
The money of invention :  how venture capital creates new wealth / 
Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner. 
 - Boston :  Harvard Business School Press,  c2001. 
 - ix, 282 pages :  illustration ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- 1 The Venture Capital Difference 1 -- PART I THE ENTREPRENEUR'S CHALLENGE 19 -- 2 The Problem: Financing Entrepreneurial Firms 21 -- 3 The Financing Solution: Venture Capital 41 -- 4 The Venture Capital Economy 61 -- PART II THE VENTURE CAPITALIST'S CHALLENGE 85 -- 5 How Do Venture Organizations Work? 87 -- 6 Boom and Bust in the Venture Industry 117 -- PART III THE EMULATOR'S CHALLENGE 143 -- 7 The Corporate Venturing Experience 145 -- 8 Designing a Successful Public Venturing Effort 169 -- 9 Engineering International Venture Capital Success 191 -- 10 Succeeding in the Next Venture Capital Revolution 225 -- Glossary 249 -- Notes 257 -- Index 271 -- About the Authors 281. 
<br/><br/> Offers an explanation of the venture capital industry and the role it plays in our economy. This book presents a series of practical frameworks for understanding the relationships among venture capital, innovation, and entrepreneurial success. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>157851326X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001024747 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Venture capital--United States.<br/>New business enterprises--Finance.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG4963  / .G658 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.15/224