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"Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes offers unparalleled insights into the funding and management of companies like YouTube, Zappos, Twitter, Starent, Facebook, and Groupon. The venture capitalists profiled--among the best in the business--also reveal how they identify promising markets, products, and entrepreneurs. Author Tarang Shah, a venture capital professional himself, interviews rising VC stars, Internet and software investment pioneers, and venture investment thought leaders. You'll learn firsthand what criteria venture capitalists use to make investments, how they structure deals, the many ways they help the companies they fund, avoidable mistakes they see all too often, the role of luck in a success, and why so many startups fail. Venture Capitalists at Work also contains interviews with those on the receiving end of venture money--entrepreneurs in high-profile startups that went on to achieve great success. Whether you're an entrepreneur, an aspiring VC, an M&A professional, or an ambitious student, the knowledge you will gain from Venture Capitalists at Work could provide a significant shortcut to success."--Back cover.

Describes safer investing in the stock market with the use of intelligent mathematics, and focuses on greed, trends, efficient markets, options, risks, and diversifying stock portfolios.

Explains such forms of investments as insurance, savings accounts, real estate, gold, and collectibles, addressing how to turn a personal interest into a profitable venture.

Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money", offers practical advice on lifetime investing, explaining how to build wealth by avoiding common investing pitfalls, making smart money decisions, invest in bull markets, identify winning funds, and understand the dangers and promise of investing.

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer offers valuable information about stocks, investments, and portfolios designed to help people take the advice he offers on his television program and turn it into financial security and prosperity.

Phil Town wasn't always a very wealthy man. In fact, he was living on $4000 a year when some well-timed advice launched him into an investing self-education that revealed what the true "rules" are and how to make them work in one's favor. Chief among them, of course, is: don't lose money. Other rules are: don't diversify; think like an owner, not an investor. Town also believes strongly in putting your faith in managers who've proven their financial mettle, and who really have faith in the businesses they're running. The most controversial of the book's assertions is that giant 401(k) type mutual funds will regress to the mean, and in the next twenty years, the mean could be very disappointing. Fortunately, Town's stockpicking techniques are meant to walk investing phobes through the do-it-yourself process, equipping them with the tools they need to make quantum leaps toward financial security.--From publisher description.