eBoys
The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work
Randall E. Stross
- In
- eBOYS,
- Randall
- Stross
- takes
- us
- behind
- the
- scenes
- and
- inside
- the
- heads
- of
- the
- gutsy
- entrepreneurs
- who
- are
- financing
- the
- hottest
- businesses
- on
- the
- Web.
- The
- six
- tall
- men
- who
- started
- Benchmark,
- Silicon
- Valley's
- most
- exciting
- venture
- capital
- firm,
- put
- themselves
- at
- the
- cutting
- edge
- of
- the
- new
- economy
- by
- backing
- billion
- dollar
- start-ups
- like
- eBay
- and
- Webvan.
- The
- risks
- were
- enormous--but
- the
- rewards
- have
- proven
- to
- be
- staggering.
- Within
- two
- years,
- eBay's
- net
- worth
- grew
- from
- $20
- million
- to
- more
- than
- $21
- billion,
- while
- each
- Benchmark
- founding
- partner
- saw
- his
- own
- personal
- net
- worth
- soar
- by
- hundreds
- of
- millions
- of
- dollars.For
- two
- roller-coaster
- years,
- Stross
- had
- total
- access
- not
- only
- to
- Benchmark's
- executives
- but
- to
- the
- companies
- they
- financed.
- He
- was
- a
- fly
- on
- the
- wall
- as
- fortunes
- were
- made
- in
- an
- instant,
- snap
- decisions
- got
- locked
- in,
- and
- new
- ventures
- took
- off--and
- sometimes
- crashed.
- Here
- are
- the
- testosterone-pumped
- conversations,
- round-the-clock
- meetings,
- and
- gutsy
- deals
- that
- launched
- the
- eBoys
- and
- their
- clients
- into
- the
- stratosphere
- of
- mega-wealth.
- Written
- like
- a
- novel
- but
- absolutely
- true,
- eBOYS
- brings
- to
- vivid
- life
- the
- glory
- days
- of
- the
- greatest
- business
- adventure
- of
- our time.
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