A Capital Guide to How Entrepreneurship Really Happens

Mastering the VC Game is a fairly practical volume, covering in detail subjects such as how to find a venture capitalist, deliver a pitch, structure a deal, manage a board and finally how to cash out.

There are plenty of real examples from Bussgang's own experiences, combined with the sort of optimism and confidence you might expect from a Harvard Business School graduate who became a paper millionaire at the age of 26. That was as a result of Open Market, the internet start-up he worked at before Upromise, which went public with a valu-ation of more than $1bn (in spite of having just $1.8m in revenue).

Naturally, I like writers who are business practitioners. Rather than just observe and comment, they have participated, and real-ly know what it is like to close a sale, score a big win - and back a flop.

So three cheers to the author for taking the effort to put his advice down on paper...

For anyone out there looking for professional capital for their idea, it is a great investment.