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Venture Deals, 4th Edition
- Be Smarter than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Max Lee
- 2020-07-29
Must read for entrepreneurs trying to raise fund
You probably should get the actual book though because there are examples of term sheets that you want to have in written format
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- Wayne Lee
- 2023-12-01
Interesting overview of Venture Deals
Great overview of all deals when you’re raising capital or seeking to be acquired. Some items were even new to me being an experienced deal maker.
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- Jon
- 2023-06-16
Informative
I appreciate all the insights into the details of venture deals from angles of all parties. Thank you!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-06-09
Very informative
If you are so lucky as to make it this far in the startup world it’s a blessing to have guys like these who will spell out the avoidable pitfalls and best practices.
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- Jojo
- 2023-01-14
The reader puts me to sleep!
The person on audio reading voice so terrible, I wish there were a way to change the voice.
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- Y. Pronin
- 2022-12-11
Excellent
In the money from first to last word. Was recommended by NewChip accelerator. Will be buying print addition as well.
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- Ricardo D.
- 2022-11-17
Great guide through venture deals
Amazing and comprehensive guide for those who are in the path off venture capitalist deals
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- Vinicius Toyohashi
- 2022-11-04
Not for me
It was not useful for me, I wanted to like this book but I felt like it got too lost in the specifics.
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- Kwasi
- 2022-10-25
great book
I learned a lot about getting funded and what happens when a startup gets funded by listening to this book.
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- Do not buy unless looking for cheapest possible mouse
- 2022-08-28
Currently Raising
Currently raising and this has been extremely helpful! No fluff but also not too heavy!
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