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The Startup Game by venture capitalist Bill Draper is the first up-close look at how the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is critical to the future of business. For more than 40 years, Bill Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled Silicon Valley, where today's vision is made into tomorrow's reality. From the VC who saw the value in Skype, Zappos, and many other companies, comes firsthand stories of success. In these pages Draper explores: / how to evaluate innovative ideas and the entrepreneurs behind those ideas (lessons from Yahoo, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Activision, Measurex, and more) / the value of political leadership in creating opportunity, including on-the-ground accounts of how Deng Xiaoping brought China roaring into the modern world. Written in an engaging narrative, and incorporating the author's own personal experience as well as other successful entrepreneurs, this book provides a much needed look at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship work.

WILLIAM H. DRAPER III is one of the West Coast's most successful venture capitalists and is the founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, California. Currently, he is general partner of Draper Richards L.P., Draper Investment Company, and Draper International, and he is chairman of the board of The Draper Richards Foundation. He previously served as the president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and as the head of the United Nations Development Programme. In 2005 he received the Vision Award from SD Forum and was inducted into the Dow Jones Venture Capital Hall of Fame. In 2006, he received the Silicon Valley Fast 50 Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2009 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Business Forum. He lives in Atherton, CA.