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Which books would you recommend to a VC analyst-associate?

Gust

Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Venture Deals. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship. The Business of Venture Capital. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur.

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

Just a few of these terms include vesting, corporate structure, governance principles, financing strategy, valuation and exit strategy. As an example, twenty five years ago, most VCs used common share deal structures. It was not until the later 1980s that the preferred share structure became popular.

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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. I understand personal finance. It also helps that I arranged seller financing, which meant I didn’t have to take a loan from the bank.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

One of the best ways to arm yourself going into negotiations is to know this number and be prepared to blow up the entire deal if it cannot be met. That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure. They know there’s a minimum valuation, under which you’re not interested.

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