The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth

by Ilya Strebulaev (Author), Alex Dang (Author)

 

Editor’s note:

"Full of powerful, practical lessons on changing how we think and act." -Eric Schmidt, former CEO and Chairman of Google

"Many principles mentioned in the book helped us build Zoom, and they will help you as well." -Eric S. Yuan, Founder & CEO, Zoom

Inspired by venture capitalists' unique way of thinking, The Venture Mindset offers a transformative playbook for delivering results in a rapidly changing world from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive.

Venture capitalists are known for their extraordinary ability to spot opportunities. They know how to identify emerging trends, how to bring new industries into being, and when to hold them and when to fold. Their unique mindset has made them the force behind world-changing companies such as Amazon, Google, Moderna, SpaceX, and Zoom.

Stanford Professor Ilya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying VCs' counterintuitive approaches to decision-making and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations. Alex Dang has witnessed up close how VCs' thinking and mechanisms can create successful businesses at companies like Amazon and McKinsey.

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