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Book: The Business of Venture Capital

Feld Thoughts

In the fall of 2010 Mahendra Ramsinghani reached out to me by email about a new book he was working on called The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies.

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Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

With over a decade of hands-on experience in venture capital, Emmanuel is also an expert in M&A and deal structuring.

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

Gust

The Business of Venture Capital. Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. In Kara’s case I got to see her work on deal structuring first hand having worked closely with her on her board at P.S. XO.

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Both sides must be fair in a term sheet negotiation.

Berkonomics

Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. 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. Email readers, continue here.]

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

Acquihires and Venture Capital. But that’s not how you make money in the venture capital business. And on many occasions I have passed on deals where it was clear that the founding team was over-optimizing the deal structure to focus on a quick exit. I’m a VC. Change industries.

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Are You Selling Your Company? Be Careful with Financial Buyers!

Scott Edward Walker

venture capital), they buy and sell companies and seek a return that way. It matters because, unless you understand the motivation of a prospective buyer, it will be very difficult to make informed decisions with respect to critical deal issues. How Is the Deal Structure Different with a Financial Buyer?