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Venture capital for dummies /
Secure venture capital? Easy. Getting a business up and running or pushing a brilliant product to the marketplace requires capital. For many entrepreneurs, a lack of start-up capital can be the single biggest roadblock to their dreams of success and fortune. Venture Capital For Dummies takes entrepr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
2013.
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| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in this Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go From Here; Part I: Getting Started with Venture Capital; Chapter 1: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Venture Capital Basics; Understanding Venture Capital and Venture Capitalists; Choosing the Venture Capital Pathway; From Zero to Venture Capital: Knowing What to Do to Secure Venture Capital; Chapter 2: The Venture Capitalist Mindset; Performing a High-Risk Job: The VC's Role; Understanding How a Venture Capital Fund Works; Taking a Closer Look VC Investments.
- Looking into Other Kinds of Funds and Venture CompaniesChapter 3: Is Working with a VC Right for You?; Identifying a VC Investible Company; Making the VC Decision; Chapter 4: Alternatives to Venture Capital Funding; Taking on Debt; Raising Money through People You Know; Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Angel Capital; Attracting a Mob: Crowdfunding; Accessing Grants to Fund Your Company; Growing Organically: Bootstrapping; Knowing When Enough Is Enough; Chapter 5: Connecting with Investors Online and Face to Face; Creating an Online Persona for Your Company; Launching a Community Campaign.
- Online Tools for Real-Life Funding: Investing SitesMaking Contact with Investors; Mum's the Word: Pursuing Non-Disclosure Agreements; Part II: Becoming Attractive to Venture Capitalists; Chapter 6: Positioning Your Company for Funding; Viewing Your Company as a Whole Package; Looking at Business Plan Basics; Highlighting Your Product as a Company Keystone; Paying Attention to Your Promotion Strategy; Devising a Marketing Strategy; Predicting Future Revenue with a Pro Forma; Chapter 7: Cultivating Relationships; Setting the Company's Course: Founders and Those Who Make the Company.
- Connecting with Outside Firms and PeopleBuilding Relationships with Customers; Creating Relationships with VCs through Networking; Building a Relationship with Your Acquirer; Chapter 8: Providing an Exit Strategy; Understanding the Value of a Good Exit; Checking Out Your Exit Options; Designing Your Exit Strategy; Understanding the Role of Advisors in Your Exit; Creating an Exit Story; Avoiding Mistakes That Can Blow an Exit; Part III: Getting Your Ducks in a Row: Deal Design and Due Diligence; Chapter 9: Structuring Pre-VC Deals; Recognizing the Red Flags.
- Tallying Your Investors in a Cap TableFundamentals of the Funding Lifecycle; Putting Together the Term Sheet; Comparing Equity and Convertible Debt; Restructuring as You Move from Early Rounds to VC Rounds; Overcoming Pitfalls of Early Deal Structure; Chapter 10: Leading the Risk Conversation; Getting into the Mindset of Venture Investors: Horses and Wolves; Understanding Risk; Tying Risk to Valuation; Exposing Risk: Strategies That Keep You in the Game; Connecting Cash Raises to Risk and Company Success; Chapter 11: Telling Your Valuation Story; Valuing Early-Stage Companies.