#BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor Whether You're a Student, Entrepreneur or Working Professional

by Bradley Miles, Carol Tietsworth, Guido Henckel (Editor)

If you are interested in habits to develop the investor mindset then grab a copy today before the price goes up.

#BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor gives you the insight to understand technology investing without endlessly scouring the internet or having access to the top venture firms in the industry.

What if a few new habits could help you understand the complex and ever-changing landscape of the technology sector? What if you could tell a great business from a good business with a few simple steps? Imagine being one of the smartest people in the room when it comes to transportation technology, drones or healthcare technology.

Bradley Miles, in his first book, covers multiple ways to analyze and understand the complex and opaque world of technology investing.

Here are a few things that you will get out of #BreakIntoVC.

In this book, you will learn:
The fundamentals of the venture capital industry and how it works The difference between accelerators, angel investors, early stage VCs and late stage VCs How to understand any market The key metrics that matter to VCs How to value early and late stage technology companies How to reach venture capitalists How to land a job, internship or learning-based opportunity at a venture capital firm How to handle a mock call with a venture capitalist How to spot great technology businesses in your everyday life How to pitch a business to venture capitalists Case studies on how five other people broke into the venture capital BONUS: A step-by-step method to pitching a company that Bradley has utilized when speaking with venture capital investors and current businesses that he recommends you use when setting up your first pitch.

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Genres: Business, Buisness, Nonfiction, Finance

170 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2017

Reviews

[Daniel Flórido · Rating 5 out of 5]

É uma ótima introdução ao assunto. Se você está interessado em saber mais sobre o mercado de VC e se você não tem nenhuma base anterior esse livro é um ótimo guia inicial. É claro que ele não te dará tudo o que você precisa, mas serve como bom incentivo para começar a ler livros mais profundos sobre o tema. Alem disso, se você quer começar a trabalhar nesse ramo como um estagiário, esse livro é um ótimo guia de consulta para se preparar para tal carreira.

[FAIZAN KHAN · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Book Will Give You A High-Level Understanding of The Venture Capital Industry.
Particularly If You're a Finance Student(Covers Internships), DEFINITELY Read This Material.

If Somebody Has 0 Understanding of This Industry, Perhaps This Book Is a Good Start, As The Title Suggests: "BreakInto"
I Like How The Book Also Goes Through Some Basic Accounting For Non-Finance Guys.

[Eduardo Menezes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Antes de ler a versão e-book do #BreakIntoVC, chequei as avaliações de outros colegas acerca do mesmo. Notei que as críticas giravam em torno da suposta simplicidade excessiva do conteúdo. Porém, é preciso lembrar que o livro foi escrito com objetivo de ser um guia rápido para estudantes de cursos diversos, curiosos em entender o mercado de Venture Capital e que cogitam experimentar um estágio na área. Nesse contexto, o livro cumpre bem seu propósito ao diferenciar Venture Capital de Private Equity e de Growth Equity (No Brasil, Growth Equity tipicamente é considerado sinônimo de VC), ao trazer conceitos básicos de finanças e sugerir bibliografias adicionais, além de dar dicas de como se portar em um primeiro emprego.

Caso o intuito do leitor não seja estagiar em um fundo ou gestora de investimentos, o livro pode continuar sendo útil caso o mesmo não disponha de conhecimentos básicos sobre o ramo e esteja a fim de iniciar uma leitura leve, propícia para espera de uma consulta médica, volta para casa de metrô, entre outras situações.

[Seth Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was a pretty good walk through what you should be thinking about for VC. It does skew a bit toward college grads, but I thought the refresher was still useful if you are interested in the space.

The audio version of this book has some definite issues. There seems to have been a lot of voice over re-editing and they forgot to edit out a part where the narrator is speaking to the producer.

[MacKenzie Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely got a great perspective on how to directly jump into VC without startup, tech, & investing experience. #BreakIntoVC has been so key in helping me flex my new intensive knowledge of accounting/finance fundamentals, investing, and startup basics in front of the venture capitalists and angel investors I am meeting with! I highly recommend this book for other students as it served as a fantastic introduction to the VC/startup world.

[Diego Leal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides a detailed explanation about this exciting industry and possible ways to get a job with a venture capital firm.

[Thirumurugan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Guide for aspiring Investment Professionals

A wonderful read.It summaries the industry and it's expectations. I liked the most from interviews from other investment professionals.It made to see the holistic picture for getting into this industry.

[Arun Kodumuru · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book was a fine intro to VC but I thought it didn’t provide me much value-add and didn’t get some things right.

First, a lot of the book is pretty intuitive stuff about investing or things I already knew. A lot of it also want specific to VC and the Qs are outdated as the stuff nowadays are tougher.

Some issues - 1) thought there wasn’t a lot of quantification used in the pre written answers 2) the questions they told u to ask interviewers also weren’t concise 3) some KPIs (Rof40, magic number, GPM/OPM to expect for SaaS, NRR vs GRR and MANY OTHERS) were just not included

Everything was just very bare bones or not entirely correct so I didn’t think it was a great read.
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Notes:

- VCs return 25% IRR
- Angela invest their own capital, also called “angel” bc 043-product

Bloggers
- Paul Graham - started YC
- Mark Suster -
- Jcal - Uber, Twitter, Zenga, Thumbtack, snap
- Fabrice Grinda
- Sam Altman - Pres of YC, Loopt
- Kanyi Maqubela - Doonstang, Collaborative Fund
- CH insights

Big Angels
- Alex Ohanian - Reddit founder
- Benioff - CRM
- Max Levchin - PYPL, AFRM, Slide

Venture debt
- used if you need ST financing for some upfront cap ex or fixed costs - usually provides but an equity investor (GE/PE)

KPIs
- book to bill ratio - looks at revenue conversion (book takes def revenue into consideration)

- Dave Berkus method - strat that he just added 500k of valuation for various factors
- Rule of thirds - one third for VC, one for mgmt and one for future
- Bill Gurley - Uber, GRUB, OpenTable, Zillow
- Fragmentation is good

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

#BreakIntoVC is a fantastic introduction into the world of venture capital and tech finance. Written not just for aspiring investors but also for entrepreneurs and startup founders, #BreakIntoVC explains in broad strokes basic accounting principles, financial modelling, the venture capital process and mindset, and (naturally) how to break into VC. While the quantitative sections are geared towards interviewing for venture capital positions and are thus not too detailed, Miles offers enough detail for readers to understand the underlying concepts and reasoning behind the models and equations while simultaneously pointing readers to more advanced materials for those so inclined.

Additionally, the last chapter in #BreakIntoVC is composed of interviews with students and entrepreneurs looking to break into the venture capital space (and many who have already done so). This compilation of advice from individuals from various backgrounds is worth a read for anyone interested in working in venture capital/growth equity.

If interested, the author also does an interview here

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Might be useful for a 18 yr old who has no working experience at all. A lot of chapters are copied directly from textbook explaining the simplest finance terms, there are other chapters which are just checklists of podcasts/websites you could visit... the last third of the book are interviews of college kids which aren’t really beneficial, unless you have even less experience than them... overall this is more like a brochure than a book, contains no personal understandings of the industry from the author, which probably makes sense since the author himself is not experienced either...

[Casually Wolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gave it 5 stars since I had my expectations straight: it's gonna be a VC guide 101 for students. It was very simple to understand, and definitely deliver huge values to students/beginners (though his introduction of the book might have exaggerated what the book can offer). Surprisingly, I found the quantitative parts to be most helpful (key metrics, valuation, etc.) Would recommend the author expanding on the parts covering how to research a company/industry and pitch them as they are too high-level. Overall though, given the author was an undergrad when he wrote this, it is quite impressive.

[Outdoors Nerd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect For Students and Professionals

A rare resource for those in and aspiring to work in Venture Capital. This is part text book and part inspirational introduction.

The author’s companion website is surprisingly unloved and would normally lose a star because the book’s content is quite high level (it is always good to go back to basics when studying); however it also includes a wealth of third party links and resources to go much deeper.

[Ed Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Advice

I've spent most of my career working for PE backed companies, and while this book focused on VC\growth capital, the principles are the same - as is the language. Anyone looking to engage with financial sponsors as an analyst, new banker, employee or banker will do well to read this book.

[Steve Ma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meant mostly for student

The author wrote the book after college graduation so the content is mostly Targeted newbies, Specifically students.

Contains Contains information about financial statement analysis which could be useful for those who do not have any financial Bakeman. However yes you have done any prior experience in finance this section could be redundant.

[Maria Clarissa Fionalita · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's fairly rare to find much information about breaking into Venture Capital as the industry is still fairly new. In fact, not many people around me know what Venture Capital is.

This book is great for anyone who's interested to work in VC. It succinctly taught all the basic fundamentals of the common analysis and interview questions asked by VCs in USA.

[Korey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Valuable for an undergrad seeking a job in VC. Targeted market of course. For anyone else...it's a copy & paste definition overview. There were a few tidbits around valuation that I hadn't seen before. Overall a mediocre, quick read.

[Izan Coomonte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to introduce yourself into the Venture Capital world. Easy to read and to the point. Includes interviews, key accounting knowledge that you should be familiar with and some tips on how to break into VC! Highly recommended!

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are thinking about getting a job in venture capital, or know nothing about the industry and want a basic idea, then this light read is a reasonable introduction. However, if you really want to know about how things work properly there are much better books out there.

[Camilo Colorado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good primer on breaking into Venture Capital. I learned a lot of fundamental ideas in this concise book. Not a very in-depth look at the art of VC, such as "The Business of Venture Capital," but a good start nonetheless.

[David Jaramillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super accessible, very easy to read, and overall informative. I would have enjoyed a more rigorous analysis in some parts (valuation, more on the math behind venture returns) and more structure to the book. However, I do realize that data is limited so going in more detail might not be valid.

[Mudit Goyal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well written and concise

[Marius Ciuzelis · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book is good for the ones who want to start their career in VC area. It’s a kind of a kind of a guide how to prepare for the interview, what to expect, what to know to impress etc

[Ken Hamner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must read for grad students who want to get into venture capital. Very thorough and helpful. I’ll be recommending this to my students for sure.

[Franti Saúl Huamán Mera · Rating 3 out of 5]

if you want to do a career into Venture Capitalist market. This is your book.

[Shriram Natarajan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bite sized nuggets of topics... good to brush up on

[Omar M. Khateeb · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's really the first book of its kind. #BreakintoVC is a concise yet complete guide to gain a straightforward understanding of venture capital fundamentals.

[Brian Juhyuk Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read on flight - informative

[Michael Dubakov · Rating 3 out of 5]

So many short chunks of text that are loosely coupled. Overall you don't have a feeling of a book, but twitter-storm. Content is OK, nothing fancy. Examples are poor and not very realistic.

[Dora Trachana · Rating 4 out of 5]

That’s a very good book that summarizes the basics of the VCs and can be used as a guide for the first steps.

[Josh Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent foundation. Worth a couple reads.