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eBoys

The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

An embedded look at Benchmark's partners during the dot-com boom.

by Randall E. Stross

Randall Stross spent time inside Benchmark Capital, chronicling the partners who backed eBay, Webvan, and other startups during the internet boom. The book follows their real-time decisions, triumphs, and missteps with fly-on-the-wall detail. It captures both the exhilaration and the hubris of late-1990s venture investing.

Founders see how venture partners actually deliberate, disagree, and gamble on companies in real time, lessons that hold even decades later. The dot-com setting is also a cautionary tale about euphoria and discipline.

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