Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Feld, Brad

Mendelson, Jason

wiley

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.

Business & Money

Finance

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

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.

Help take your startup to the next step with the new and revised edition of the popular book on the VC deal process―from the co-founders of the Foundry Group How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The founders and driving force behind the Foundry Group―a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies―Brad and Jason have been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings. Their investments range from small startups to large Series A venture financing rounds. The new edition of Venture Deals continues to show fledgling entrepreneurs the inner-workings of the VC process, from the venture capital term sheet and effective negotiating strategies to the initial seed and the later stages of development. Fully updated to reflect the intricacies of startups and entrepreneurship in today's dynamic economic environment, this new edition includes revisions and updates to coverage on negotiating, gender issues, ICO’s, and economic terms. New chapters examine legal and procedural considerations relevant to fundraising, bank debt, equity and convertible debt, how to hire an investment banker to sell a company, and more. <ul>
<li>Provides valuable, real-world insights into venture capital structure and strategy</li> <li>Explains and clarifies the VC term sheet and other misunderstood aspects of capital funding</li> <li>Helps to build collaborative and supportive relationships between entrepreneurs and investors</li> <li>Draws from the author’s years of practical experience in the VC arena</li> <li>Includes extensively revised and updated content throughout to increase readability and currency</li> </ul>
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist is a must-have resource for Any aspiring entrepreneur, venture capitalist, or lawyer involved in VC deals as well as students and instructors in related areas of study.

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How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success

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Job Hunting & Careers

As each new generation of entrepreneurs emerges, there is a renewed interest in how venture capital deals come together. Yet there really is no definitive guide to venture capital deals. Nobody understands this better than authors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. For more than seventeen years, they’ve been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings, and now, with Venture Deals, they share their experiences in this field with you. Inspired by a series of blog posts — created by the authors after a particularly challenging deal — this reliable resource demystifies the venture capital financing process and helps you gain a practical perspective of this dynamic discipline. Whether you’re an experienced or aspiring entrepreneur, venture capitalist, or lawyer who partakes in these particular types of deals, you can benefit from the insights found throughout this audiobook. Engaging and informative, Venture Deals skillfully outlines the essential elements of the venture capital term sheet — from terms related to economics to terms related to control. Feld and Mendelson strive 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 also introduces you to the various participants in the process, discusses how fundraising works, reveals how VC firms operate, and describes how to apply different negotiating tactics to your deals. You’ll also gain valuable insights into several common legal issues most startups face and, as a bonus, discover what a typical letter of intent to acquire your company looks like. While it would be desirable to do venture capital deals with a simple agreement on price, a handshake, and a short legal agreement, this rarely happens. Venture Deals reveals how venture financings really work, and will save you a remarkable amount of time and money in your journey to create an amazing company. For additional information that includes term sheets as well as all of the documents that are generated from the term sheet as part of venture financing, visit the authors’ website www.askthevc.com.

Venture Deals: Be Smarter than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

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Es gibt sie wirklich: junge Gründer mit einer erfolgversprechenden Idee und einem Plan. Doch meistens fehlen ihnen die finanziellen Mittel, um ihren Plan in die Tat umzusetzen. Auf der anderen Seite stehen Investoren, die gerne in solch ein Startup finanzieren würden. Wenn diese beiden Gruppen zueinander finden und sich einig werden, ist das ein Venture Deal. Wie kommen Venture Capital-Deals zustande? Das ist eine der häufigsten Fragen, die von jeder Jungunternehmer-Generation gestellt wird. Überraschenderweise gibt es wenig zuverlässige Informationen zu diesem Thema. Niemand weiß es besser als Brad Feld und Jason Mendelson. Die Gründer der Foundry Group - eine Risikokapitalfirma, die sich auf Investitionen in Unternehmen der Informationstechnologie in der Frühphase konzentriert - waren an Hunderten von Risikokapitalfinanzierungen beteiligt. Ihre Investitionen reichen von kleinen Start-ups bis hin zu großen Risikofinanzierungsrunden der Serie A. In "Venture Deals" zeigen Brad Feld und Jason Mendelson Jungunternehmern das Innenleben des VC-Prozesses, vom Risikokapital-Term Sheet und effektiven Verhandlungsstrategien bis hin zur ersten Seed- und späteren Development-Phase. "Venture Deals" - gibt wertvolle, praxisnahe Einblicke in die Struktur und Strategie von Risikokapital - erklärt und verdeutlicht das VC-Term Sheet und andere missverstandene Aspekte der Kapitalfinanzierung - hilft beim Aufbau kooperativer und unterstützender Beziehungen zwischen Unternehmern und Investoren - vermittelt die jahrelange praktische Erfahrung der Autoren "Venture Deals" ist unverzichtbar für jeden aufstrebenden Unternehmer, Risikokapitalgeber oder Anwalt, der an VC-Deals beteiligt ist und für Studenten und Dozenten in den entsprechenden Studienbereichen.

Venture Deals: Seien Sie Kluger Als Ihr Anwalt Und Risikokapitalgeber (German Edition)

Kreis, Florian

Vch Pub

Cómo cerrar rondas de financiación con éxito: Una guía práctica para operaciones de capital riesgo

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success

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