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They bet on the future before anyone believed in it — and this is how they thought. Randall E. Stross's eBoys is the first behind-the-scenes account of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm at the height of the dot-com boom: the story of Benchmark Capital, the partnership that backed eBay and became legend. Published in 2000 from extraordinary access, Stross sat in on partners' meetings, watched them debate which startups deserved millions, and captured the tension, bravado, and sheer gamble of venture investing while the internet rewrote business rules. It reads like a thriller — except the stakes are real, the money is enormous, and the winners and losers are decided in real time.
What you will learn from eBoys is how venture capital actually works from the inside. Most books about startups tell the founders' story; this one tells the money's story. You will sit in the room as Benchmark's partners argue over deals, weigh founders' characters, decide how much to bet and when to walk away, and live with the consequences when a bet goes wrong. You will see why venture capitalists obsess over people as much as ideas, how they think about risk when a single win has to pay for many losses, and how the boom's euphoria distorted even experienced judgment. For anyone who has ever wondered what investors really do all day — or what they look for before writing a check — there is no more revealing account.
Part business history, part character study, eBoys reveals how venture capitalists spot winners, survive losers, and keep their nerve when billions hang in the balance — essential for entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone fascinated by the money and ambition behind the tech revolution. It is also a valuable reality check for today's startup world: the technology changed, but the psychology of the bet has not. Get the ebook edition here at a discount from Tellebook.
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