Description: Alpha Girls : The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime, Hardcover by Guthrie, Julian, ISBN 0525573925, ISBN-13 9780525573920, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Alpha Girls is reporter Julian Guthrie's powerful account of four women pioneers in the field of venture capital who bucked the system and found ways to survive and thrive in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male-dominated world of Silicon Valley. The closed-doors investment decisions made by venture capitalists have the power to fund new startups and shape our economy, our technology, and our world. They have enabled the very existence of many of the world's most profitable companies. Known for their risk-taking and prescient investments, the VC community has reaped tens of billions of dollars and has become the envy of Wall Street. Yet thanks to the "bro-grammer culture" that rules the VC world, it is a cabal that is almost a foreign country for women. A mere 6 percent of general partners at VC firms are women; roughly 80 percent of VC firms have never had a woman general partner. But there are a few. Armed with unprecedented access to the secretive VC universe, Guthrie uncovers one of the great untold stories of the era. Against all odds, a small cadre of women--pioneers who Guthrie calls the "alpha girls"--have determinedly made their way despite harassment, second-class citizenship, and men stealing the credit and the rewards, to become powerhouses of the finance world. Through their grit and smarts and determination, they helped to launch the IPOs of some of the biggest tech firms. In Alpha Girls, Guthrie tells their story"--
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Book Title: Alpha Girls : The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Topic: Corporate Finance / Venture Capital, Sociology / General, Women in Business, General, Economic Conditions, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 18.8 Oz
Author: Julian Guthrie
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
