
Founder vs Investor
The Honest Truth About Venture Capital from Startup to IPO
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Narrated by:
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Elizabeth Joy Zalman
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Jerry Neumann
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Andrew Magnusson
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“The rarest of business books, one that provides genuinely actionable counsel delivered without empty cliches.” – KIRKUS
How many world-changing startups will fail because the founders and investors never figure out how to work together? Founder Elizabeth Zalman and Investor Jerry Neumann square off in this one-of-a-kind book, exposing how startups are built, broken, and fought over.
Every iconic tech company was once a startup. And while these companies like to paint an origin story full of surefooted confidence, the truth is usually something different: the early life of most startups is pure chaos.
This chaos comes from the vastly different motivations and incentives between those with the vision and those with the money. From fundraising paranoia to boardroom coups, Zalman and Neumann train their inimitable voices on the gulf between what founders and investors promise to do and what they end up actually doing.
Founder vs Investor is the brutal truth, from each side’s perspective, of the pitfalls of this tenuous relationship—where bad blood can turn sure things into shattered dreams. It is the only book written by insiders with the temerity to pull back the curtain on the world of high growth venture-backed startups.
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©2023 Elizabeth Joy Zalman and Jerry Neumann (P)2023 HarperCollins LeadershipListeners also enjoyed...




















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Required reading for founders
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of useful insights. Highly recommend to anyone considering starting a startup.
Well narrated and straight to the point book
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The only thing missing in this book are numbers. After reading the book I looked her up company and saw that the valuation is super high relative to revenue which gives A LOT of context to investor behavior.
It explained a lot to me personally and this was not in the book. There is a reason investors were A-holes.
Yes if the company does not perform investors lose interest. 70M comes with strings attached which is common sense.
This is a cautionary tale everyone needs to read. Just because you can it doesn’t mean you should.
Canary in the Coal Mine Book
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Must read for any founder considering a VC-journey
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This book has a truly unique angle, with a Rashomon telling of two sides looking at similar situations from different lenses. The back and forth approach makes for an entertaining, engaging listen with concrete examples and specific take-aways.
Highly recommend for anyone focused on the startup space.
-DanO
Solid advice, better than so much Twitter prognostication
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Every startup founder must read this book.
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I love the way the book is written, first one and then the other on the same topic.
I also likes listening to the a book that is read by the authors. They are able to add the emphasis and the emotion into the words.
I recommend the book to all, especially the ones in the startup world, future and present founders.
Worth reading, especially if you are in it
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A must read for both founders and VCs
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If you are an aspiring founder, this book is useful because it provides great information on how to set up a company and a strategy that will be valuable to VCs.
Overall, a great book!
Useful and enlightening
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There’s always something new to learn
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