Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Feld, Brad

Mendelson, Jason

wiley

Practical advice from some of today's top early stage investors and entrepreneurs TechStars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator with operations in three U.S. cities. Once a year in each city, it funds about ten Internet startups with a small amount of capital and surrounds them with around fifty top Internet entrepreneurs and investors. Historically, about seventy-five percent of the companies that go through TechStars raise a meaningful amount of angel or venture capital. Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup is a collection of advice that comes from individuals who have passed through, or are part of, this proven program. Each vignette is an exploration of information often heard during the TechStars program and provides practical insights into early stage entrepreneurship. <ul>
<li>Contains seven sections, each focusing on a major theme within the TechStars program, including idea and vision, fundraising, legal and structure, and work/life balance</li> <li>Created by two highly regarded experts in the world of early stage investing</li> <li>Essays in each section come from the experienced author team as well as TechStar mentors, entrepreneurs, and founders of companies</li> </ul>
While you'll ultimately have to make your own decisions about what's right for your business, Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup can get your entrepreneurial endeavor headed in the right direction.

Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

Business & Money

Cohen, David B.

Finance

An essential guide to building supportive entrepreneurial communities"Startup communities" are popping up everywhere, from cities like Boulder to Boston and even in countries such as Iceland. These types of entrepreneurial ecosystems are driving innovation and small business energy. Startup Communities documents the buzz, strategy, long-term perspective, and dynamics of building communities of entrepreneurs who can feed off of each other's talent, creativity, and support. Based on more than twenty years of Boulder-based entrepreneur turned-venture capitalist Brad Feld's experience in the field?as well as contributions from other innovative startup communities?this reliable resource skillfully explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community in any city, at any time. Along the way, it offers valuable insights into increasing the breadth and depth of the entrepreneurial ecosystem by multiplying connections among entrepreneurs and mentors, improving access to entrepreneurial education, and much more. <ul>
<li>Details the four critical principles needed to form a sustainable startup community</li>
<li>Perfect for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists seeking fresh ideas and new opportunities</li>
<li>Written by Brad Feld, a thought-leader in this field who has been an early-stage investor and successful entrepreneur for more than twenty years </li>
</ul>Engaging and informative, this practical guide not only shows you how startup communities work, but it also shows you how to make them work anywhere in the world.

Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

Economics

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. 
<ul>
<li>Fully updated to reflect the intricacies of startups and entrepreneurship in today's dynamic economic environment</li>
<li>Offers valuable insights into venture capital deal structure and strategies</li>
<li>Brings a level of transparency to a process that is rarely well understood</li>
</ul>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.

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

"Real life insights on what it takes to make it in a relationship with an entrepreneur"Entrepreneurs are always on the go, looking for the next "startup" challenge. And while they lead very intensely rewarding lives, time is always short and relationships are often long-distance and stressed because of extended periods apart. Coping with these, and other obstacles, are critical if an entrepreneur and their partner intend on staying together--and staying happy. In Startup Life, Brad Feld--a Boulder, Colorado-based entrepreneur turned-venture capitalist--shares his own personal experiences with his wife Amy, offering a series of rich insights into successfully leading a balanced life as a human being who wants to play as hard as he works and who wants to be as fulfilled in life and in work. With this book, Feld distills his twenty years of experience in this field to address how the village of startup people can put aside their workaholic ways and lead rewarding lives in all respects. <ul>
<li>Includes real-life examples of entrepreneurial couples who have had successful relationships and what works for them.</li>
<li>Provides practical advice for adapting to change and overcoming the inevitable ups and downs associated with the entrepreneurial lifestyle.</li>
<li>Written by Brad Feld, a thought-leader in this field who has been an early-stage investor and successful entrepreneur for more than twenty years.</li>
</ul>While there's no "secret formula" to relationship success in the world of the entrepreneur, there are ways to making navigation of this territory easier. Startup Life is a well-rounded guide that has the insights and advice you need to succeed in both your personal and professional life.

Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur

Batchelor, Amy

Management & Leadership

An essential guide to understanding the dynamics of a startup's board of directors Let's face it, as founders and entrepreneurs, you have a lot on your plate―getting to your minimum viable product, developing customer interaction, hiring team members, and managing the accounts/books. Sooner or later, you have a board of directors, three to five (or even seven) Type A personalities who seek your attention and at times will tell you what to do. While you might be hesitant to form a board, establishing an objective outside group is essential for startups, especially to keep you on track, call you out when you flail, and in some cases, save you from yourself. In Startup Boards, Brad Feld―a Boulder, Colorado-based entrepreneur turned-venture capitalist―shares his experience in this area by talking about the importance of having the right board members on your team and how to manage them well. Along the way, he shares valuable insights on various aspects of the board, including how they can support you, help you understand your startup's milestones and get to them faster, and hold you accountable. <ul>
<li>Details the process of choosing board members, including interviewing many people, checking references, and remembering that there should be no fear in rejecting a wrong fit</li> <li>Explores the importance of running great meetings, mixing social time with business time, and much more</li> <li>Recommends being a board member yourself at some other organization so you see the other side of the equation</li> </ul>
Engaging and informative, Startup Boards is a practical guide to one of the most important pieces of the startup puzzle.

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors

Mahendra Ramsinghani

Get the inside scoop on what venture capitalists want to see in your startup as you hit the fundraising trail. This is the highly anticipated third edition of the best-selling book which has become the definitive resource for understanding venture capital fundraising. Whether you are an entrepreneur, lawyer, student or just have an interest in the venture capital ecosystem, Venture Deals is for you. The book dives deeply into how deals are constructed, why certain terms matter (and others don’t), and more importantly, what motivates venture capitalists to propose certain outcomes. You’ll see the process of negotiating from the eyes of two seasoned venture capitalists who have over 40 years of investing experience as VCs, LPs, angels, and founders. They will teach you how to develop a fundraising strategy that will be a win for all parties involved. This book is designed to bring transparency to the venture capital funding process and includes such topics as: <ul>
<li>How to raise money;</li> <li>What terms matter and which ones don’t;</li> <li>How to negotiate a fair deal for everyone;</li> <li>What makes venture capitalists tick, including how they are compensated and motivated;</li> <li>How companies are valued by venture capitalists;</li> <li>How all current structures of funding work, including convertible debt, crowdfunding, pre-sales and other non-traditional methods;</li> <li>How these particular issues change through different stages of financing (seed, early, mid and late); and</li> <li>How to avoid business and legal pitfalls that many entrepreneurs make.</li> </ul>
And as in the previous editions, this book isn’t just a one-sided opinion from venture capitalists, but also has helpful commentary throughout from a veteran CEO who has raised many rounds of financing from many different investors. If you are ready to learn all the secrets and ins and outs of fundraising, Venture Deals is an essential read.

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors

Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City

Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur

Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist