"A Council on Foreign Relations Book."

Introduction Unreasonable People -- Arthur Rock and Liberation Capital -- Finance Without Finance -- Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Activist Capital -- The Whispering of Apple -- Cisco, 3Com, and the Valley Ascendant -- Planners and Improvisers -- Benchmark, SoftBank, and "Everyone Needs $100 Million" -- Money for Google, Kind of for Nothing -- Peter Thiel, Y Combinator, and the Valley's Youth Revolt -- To China, and Stir -- Accel, Facebook, and the Decline of Kleiner Perkins -- A Russian, a Tiger, and the Rise of Growth Equity -- Sequoia's Strength in Numbers -- Unicorn Poker -- Conclusion Luck, Skill, and the Competition Among Nations

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