Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, 2nd Edition Front Cover

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, 2nd Edition

  • Length: 272 pages
  • Edition: 2
  • Publisher:
  • Publication Date: 2012-12-26
  • ISBN-10: 1118443616
  • ISBN-13: 9781118443613
  • Sales Rank: #107112 (See Top 100 Books)
Description

As each new generation of entrepreneurs emerges, there is a renewed interest in how venture capital deals come together. Yet there is little reliable information focused on venture capital deals. Nobody understands this better than authors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. For more than twenty years, they’ve been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings, and now, with the Second Edition of Venture Deals, they continue to share their experiences in this field with you.

Engaging and informative, this reliable resource skillfully outlines the essential elements of the venture capital term sheet–from terms related to economics to terms related to control. It strives to give a balanced view of the particular terms along with the strategies to getting to a fair deal. In addition to examining the nuts and bolts of the term sheet, Venture Deals, Second Edition also introduces you to the various participants in the process and discusses how fundraising works.

  • Fully updated to reflect the intricacies of startups and entrepreneurship in today’s dynamic economic environment
  • Offers valuable insights into venture capital deal structure and strategies
  • Brings a level of transparency to a process that is rarely well understood

Whether you’re an experienced or aspiring entrepreneur, venture capitalist, or lawyer who partakes in these particular types of deals, you will benefit from the insights found throughout this new book.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Players
Chapter 2 How To Raise Money
Chapter 3 Overview Of The Term Sheet
Chapter 4 Economic Terms Of The Term Sheet
Chapter 5 Control Terms Of The Term Sheet
Chapter 6 Other Terms Of The Term Sheet
Chapter 7 The Capitalization Table
Chapter 8 How Venture Capital Fundswork
Chapter 9 Negotiation Tactics
Chapter 10 Raising Money The Right Way
Chapter 11 Issues At Different Financing Stages
Chapter 12 Letters Of Intent—The Other Term Sheet
Chapter 13 Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know

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