Bøger af Jame DiBiasio

Venture capital (VC) is the business of financing the new-and making outsized profits. It grew up in Silicon Valley, backing the most influential companies known today, including Apple and Airbnb.It's not the iPhone, but VC, that is Silicon Valley's greatest export-it's the key ingredient of innovation, and provides the toolkit for inventors and startup founders around the world to become powerful, multi-billion-dollar companies.Once other countries learned how to finance risky startups, they could unlock their own innovative energies.And where is VC placing its bets today?The answer is: everywhere. China. India. Israel. Brazil.Planet VC uncovers the story of how VC went global, transforming cities from Beijing to Bangalore into the techno-hubs of tomorrow. Authors Terrance Philips and Jame DiBiasio follow the money to understand how VC helped enable the rise of America's global competitors, and where the world of innovation is headed next.What sectors or technologies are VCs backing in different parts of the world?How does VC work in countries as different as China and India?How do governments influence the funding of innovation?And how is technology, from blockchain to the metaverse, changing the nature of VC?By exploring these questions, through in-depth interviews with the people who pioneered venture investing around the world as well as with today's industry leaders, Planet VC provides a unique and useful framework for understanding the future of global innovation.

Unravelling the greatest mystery of Myanmar by uncovering evidence through time and place Who Killed the King of Bagan? tells the story of Bagan (and thus the founding of Myanmar) through the device of a murder mystery. Bagan's most important king was Anawrahta. According to the Myanmarese chronicles, he died under suspicious circumstances, and contemporary Burmese writers surmise he was assassinated. But why, and by whom? The answers are tepid and unconvincing. The book teases out a possible culprit who is overlooked today for long-standing cultural and religious reasons. The process of examining the evidence involves two journeys. One is through time--a rough chronology of the important kings and the racey gossip the chronicles tell about them. The second is physical--walking through ten different temples, each representing a theme in Bagan's history, and using this to unpack what the legacy of Anawrahta was.

Travis Mitchell lands on the Thai resort island Samui with a broken wrist, a bag of cash and a seriously pissed off Hong Kong crime boss on his tail. His quiet hiatus in a tropical paradise ends when Trav bumps into Mazy, a yoga instructor with a penchant for booze and abusive boyfriends. Trav is convinced he needs to save her from Gordon, a cockney Londoner developing K-Love, the world’s perfect date-rape drug. Mazy flees Gordon’s villa, but running away with Trav triggers a hunt by Thai gangsters, Chinese triads, Samui cops, and a pathetic janitor who cleans up after the tigers in the local zoo. As her escape brings them all into collision, Trav wonders if the beautiful yoga teacher is worth it – while Mazy, unsure if she should trust him, decides to take matters into her own unsteady hands.

The lost civilization of Angkor left no written records, leaving only ancient stones to tell the tale. This book exposes the history of this Southeast Asian empire through the secrets hidden inside the temples and buildings located around the city of Siem Reap.