Your Emergency Contact

About Your Emergency Contact

Trust Is the Edge That Builds Companies—and Careers

In venture capital, capital itself is not enough. Money may secure a meeting, but it is trust that secures a future. In Your Emergency Contact: Why Trust Drives Venture Capital Success, Jonathan Hung reveals why relationships define success for founders, investors, and limited partners.

Hung has invested in more than 250 companies and cofounded Entrepreneur Ventures with Entrepreneur Media. His journey shows the importance of trust in navigating uncertainty, building partnerships, and making decisions that shape businesses for the long term. With candor and clarity, he explains the lessons he wishes he had known when he started his career and why the industry’s mythology often hides the realities behind each deal.

This book provides readers with a rare, insider perspective. Founders will better understand how venture capitalists think and what drives investment decisions. Aspiring VCs will gain a practical roadmap for building credibility in a competitive industry. LPs will see what happens beyond fund metrics and reporting. Students and early entrepreneurs will discover a realistic view of how the ecosystem works beyond headlines and buzzwords.

Your Emergency Contact is not about quick wins. It is about building enduring trust, the foundation that sustains both companies and careers.