If you've read those books sure, but i think its really important to understand the history behind some of these great companies.

Really depends on your perspective - i got a lot of comfort out of immersing myself into those books during depressing times.

eBoys gives you an interesting perspective on the venture capital industry from an outsiders perspective, so i think a vanilla statement like 'give a damn about who backed webvan' may not apply to people who genuinely don't know about it or haven't read the book.

What books do u like aswanson?

Sharp,

Meant no disrespect to the post, like I said before about 94 percent seem to be good. I am just suffering from a case of google fatigue and am tired of hearing/reading about that company.

You are right, as an outsider it probably would be good to read about eboys. I just think that the VCs during that era don't deserve much veneration or ink because they just seemed to pump money into almost any half-baked idea.

I have been sort of schizophrenic in my reading habits lately, trying to make it through "The Road To Reality" (Penrose), Foundation (Rand), and Philosophy of Symbolic Forms (Cassirer). I also intend to read most of the books on the list you posted.