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Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital
Venture capitalists are the handmaidens of innovation. Operating in the background, they provide the fuel needed to get fledgling companies off the ground--and the advice and guidance that helps growing companies survive their adolescence.
In Creative Capital, Spencer Ante tells the compelling story of the enigmatic and quirky man--Georges Doriot--who created the venture ca...more
In Creative Capital, Spencer Ante tells the compelling story of the enigmatic and quirky man--Georges Doriot--who created the venture ca...more
Hardcover, 299 pages
Published
March 11th 2008
by Harvard Business Review Press
(first published March 4th 2008)
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Jul 25, 2008
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I found this book to be a beautifully written (and long overdue) biography on a man who was almost single-handedly responsible for what became corporate venture capital.
A Frenchman by birth, Georges Doriot was a latter-day Lafayette: his contributions to the Military Planning Division of the Army's Quatermaster General's Office during World War II are practically incalculable. Under his leadership, the Division, which was responsible for all of the material aspects of the American soldier, tota...more
A Frenchman by birth, Georges Doriot was a latter-day Lafayette: his contributions to the Military Planning Division of the Army's Quatermaster General's Office during World War II are practically incalculable. Under his leadership, the Division, which was responsible for all of the material aspects of the American soldier, tota...more
Good book. Im writing this several years later and I am having a tough time remembering anything of substance, although I am remembering a lot of the story. So it fits to say its a good book, but i never thought it was great. You will see a lot of the industrial machine in action during World War 2. Youll learn that Europe took its time at establishing graduate schools. Georges helped in the development of the very first one in Paris. Its an easy read, and its ok.
A well-researched biography about a singular figure of American business. Creative Capital presents an admiring, but very balanced portrait of Georges Doriot. The reader has the opportunity to learn from both the positive and negative aspects of his example.
Many of the challenges confronted by Doriot during the nascent stages of the venture capital industry are again relevant today including succession and regulatory oversight. But most importantly, it provides the example of a man who dedicated...more
Many of the challenges confronted by Doriot during the nascent stages of the venture capital industry are again relevant today including succession and regulatory oversight. But most importantly, it provides the example of a man who dedicated...more
Very thorough and insightful narrative of venture capital through the life of Georges Doriot. Also, the later chapter form the basis of the documentary "Something Ventured".
An inspiring story of a successful academic, general & business man.
So far I'm really liking this book. Only even think about reading it if you're into venture capital or entrepreneurship, but if you are it's a pretty interesting take on one of the fathers of vc and really of high-risk, technology-based investing in general. Venture capital today is a very different beast than when Georges was creating it and this definitely makes you wonder if it wasn't better off the way it used to be...very hands-on and entrepreneur-driven.
Provides insight into the early days of the birth of venture capital and its greatest champion, Georges Doriot. A very well done book on a subject that should be better documented. A must read for all entrepreneurs.
this is certainly the best business biography i have read. A must read for anyone who wants to start his/her own business !!
A story of the life and times of the father of modern day venture capitalism.
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