Welcome to Basic Venture

We publish experts at the heart of the national and global conversation in business and economics—our authors are the go-to authorities in their field, sought after by media and organizations looking to change the way they do business.

Basic Venture builds on the foundation of PublicAffairs’ two decades of business and economics publishing excellence and the 75-year legacy of Basic Books. Books on the Basic Venture list cover topics including management, leadership, prescriptive business, and economics.

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After the Idea

Entrepreneurship expert Julia Austin shares battle-tested strategies to help founders and startup joiners build their venture from the ground up in this “masterclass in intentional entrepreneurship” (Jerry Colonna, author of Reboot)

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