Breaking into Venture

An Outsider Turned Venture Capitalist Shares How to Take Risks, Create Power, and Build Life-Changing Wealth

By: Allison Baum Gates

Narrated by: Jessica Marchbank

Although most people know nothing about them, venture capitalists are the small yet elite group of people funding and shaping world-changing technology businesses like Google, Facebook, Uber, and Amazon. Whether you're an aspiring investor, entrepreneur, or career-focused business professional, this book will teach you how this historically exclusive and incredibly lucrative industry actually works.

Through a combination of the author's real-life stories coupled with insights from other elite venture investors from unexpected backgrounds, Breaking into Venture draws the curtain on what it takes to break into venture capital, navigate the hidden pitfalls that insiders know to avoid, and build a long-term winning strategy that plays to your unique strengths.

Drawing on her background building multiple successful venture funds and teaching venture capital at world-class business schools on both coasts, Allison Baum Gates shares the nine fundamental principles that lead to success in VC, providing everything you need to navigate the rapidly changing technology landscape. By learning how venture investors think, you'll unlock your own potential, whether you're looking to make angel investments, develop and launch a successful business, or create the career of your dreams.

©2023 Allison Baum Gates (P)2023 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

A roadmap for getting started in the VC space or any new field.

Breaking Into Venture is a step-by-step guide for how to get started in venture capital. The author provides introspective principles that act as an easy to follow roadmap for how to communicate and assimilate in the VC space while still holding true to yourself.

It’s an essential read for anyone learning how to navigate the complexities of the business world, but her principles apply to anyone breaking into a new field.

I found it to be relatable, funny, practical, and actionable- pick it up today or send to a friend. It’s a great one.

Relatable and Inspiring

This book is the bridge between “understand me” and “guide me”. Any woman working in VC should read this book and prioritize it’s perspective.

An Engaging, Inspiring and Usable Roadmap

This book is phenomenal and packed with usable ideas and frameworks. I read it through twice in order to absorb all the goodness here. There are a lot of great wealth building books but few tackle this topic so elegantly. This was my first one on the topic of Venture Capital and it inspired me to dig even deeper into this exclusive world. I’ve always been surrounded by VC in some form or another but until the author shared her story here, I never connected the dots and thought that it was valuable or even possible for me. The content is real, the message is organized and the takeaways are numerous. Thank you for taking the time to share your story! This is clearly the work of blood, sweat, tears and a lot of passion.

Learned a lot!

Great book to read even for a none VC investor. The networking tips are super helpful to me.