Top products from r/venturecapital
We found 11 product mentions on r/venturecapital. We ranked the 9 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
2. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Wiley
3. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
5. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Business Model Generation A Handbook for Visionaries Game Changers and Challengers
6. Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
7. The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies (Wiley Finance)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Wiley
I had the same problem in business school. I'm went back mid-career and sometimes it felt like I was taking classes from the 90's.
If you're interested in a more recent approach to business models, check out Business Model Generation. It provides a canvas that helps you visualize how different components of a business model interact and influence each other. It's also filled with great examples of how businesses you know would be modeled through their framework.
Can you be more specific about your advertising ask? Google & Facebook are both anchored in ads to generate revenue. Many "freemium" products supplement subscriptions with ad revenue. If a digital experience feels like you're "getting it for free" it's likely either supported by ads or IS an ad for something else.
While it's not digital business model exclusive, I'm a big fan of Andrew Chen. His once a week newsletter is a must read for me (I'm a consultant in digital strategy/digital product). He talks a lot about the underlying economics of companies and why certain technologies win in certain circumstances and other don't. https://andrewchen.co
If I were you, These are some steps I would take to increase my odds of getting a VC job assuming you are new the field and don't have $$ you can afford to easily lose.
A- No experience, little to no money
1- Read at least 5 books about the industry
2- Listen to podcasts and watch YouTube videos with VC interviews and teachings
3- Networks with VC
4- Land a job
5- Make money
6- Become a professional VC
Books to read
1- #Breaking Into VC - Bradley Miller
https://www.amazon.com/BreakIntoVC-Investor-Entrepreneur-Professional-Guidebook/dp/1544934343
2Done Deals
3-Essentials of Venture Capital
4- Venture Deals
5- The Business of Venture Capital
Podcasts and radio to listen to
1- Angellist radio
2 - 20 Minutes VC with Harry Stebbings
http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/
3- Bloomberg radio
4- Investors archives series on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVJalJNQWimC2zWrIHR_bSQ
Networking with VC
You can go on VC firms websites, find some VC partners you admire and email or call them to pick their brain.
You could also attend VC meetings or pitc competitions if you have access to.
These first steps will increase your chance of getting a job or at least an internship leading to a job.
In terms of making money, this is a personal decision up to you. VC firms themselves are funded by Limited Partners such as pension funds or school endowments. So they are pretty much investing other people money in most cases.
All these steps apply if you want to be a professional VC in a traditional sense, a job like one would imagine an investor banker on Wall Street or a doctor working in a hospital.
B- If you have the knowledge and the money likeChris Sacca
Depending on your income, you can start right away and become a VC. If you have money, you can invest in any business venture you want and start practicing your craft. You wouldn't necessarily need to join a firm. You can even start your own firm if you're loaded.
In either case you need to have a deal flow (investment opportunities) and be able to do due diligence. VC is a calculated investment not a lottery.
You would also need a great understanding of the ecosystem of business venture including the relationship between VCs, entrepreneurs and the business opportunities/markets.
Go ahead and become a VC, you do need to get permission from anybody. If you're hungry enough figure it out and GO FOR IT.
One of the greatest books on everything VC is Venture Deals .
You're kidding me? How have you managed to raise a fund if you can't open a bank account? That said, this book covers some of the back office stuff for VCs: http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Capital-Private-Financing-Entrepreneurship/dp/0470591439/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119259754/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_WliWAbA4JHZVQ
https://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1119594820/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Is probably the standard intro text.
A classic venture basics book is Venture Deals by Brad Feld, who previously co-founded Techstars.
https://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalist/dp/1118443616