Adventure Capital : A Cautionary Tale of the Venture Capital Circus and the Clowns That Run It

9780595671205. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 152. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 152 p. Did you watch in horror as the stock market collapsed and the "dot-com bubble" burst, wiping out an old-age nest-egg, college fund, or early-retirement plan? Who caused this disaster? Adventure Capital points the finger at Venture Capitalists...and tells you why your money still isn't safe.

Through a personal tale of one startup's rise and fall on the backs of scheming venture capitalists, Adventure Capital highlights the worst excesses of the VC industry in a series of diary-entries of an entrepreneur swept up in the exuberance of Silicon Valley technology companies.

A must-read for entrepreneurs starting a business, venture capitalists wanting insight on the worst of their kind, or anyone who thinks their money is safe now the bubble has burst.