From Concept to Wall Street: A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital - page 1
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- Main Page
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Financial Times Prentice Hall
- Financial Times Prentice Hall Books
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Book Structure
- Glossary
- Part I: Establishment and Development of Ventures
- Chapter 2. BeginningsEstablishing a Venture
- The Price of Success and Failure
- The Idea
- The Management Team
- External Advisors
- Incorporation
- Incorporation in Delaware
- Chapter 3. Financial and Business Planning
- The Company s Business Cycle
- Financial Statements
- Financial Projections
- Cost Structure Analysis and Forecasting
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Market Analysis and Strategic Planning
- Strategic Alliances
- The Business Plan
- Chapter 4. Employee Recruitment and Compensation
- Employee Recruiting
- Employee Compensation in the Technology Segments
- Granting Options to Employees
- Taxation of Stock Options
- Performance-based Compensation
- Incentives to Tie Employees to the Company
- Considerations in Employment Termination
- Chapter 5. Intangible Capital and Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Copyright Law
- Trademark Law
- Trade Secrets
- Issues with Employees
- NDANon-Disclosure Agreements
- Considerations in the Granting of Licenses
- Part II: Financing the Venture
- Chapter 6. Milestones and Sources of Financing the Venture
- Financing in Stages
- Milestones in Venture Development
- Scope of Financing and the Company s Value
- Stages in Raising Venture Capital
- Sources of Capital
- Chapter 7. Practical Aspects of Raising Venture Capital
- Basic Terms
- Deciding How Much Capital to Raise
- Valuing the Company for the Purpose of Raising CapitalDetermining According to Which Value Capital Will be Raised
- The Process of Raising Venture Capital
- Chapter 8. Legal and Contractual Aspects of Raising Venture Capital
- Legal Restrictions on Raising Private Capital
- Chapter 9. Valuation of Companies
- Methods Based on Multiples
- Methods for Discounting Cash Flows and Residual Income
- The Real Options Method
- Value to Investors or Strategic Investors and Buyers
- The Discount Rate Used by Venture Capital Funds
- Issuing Stock to Investors
- The Venture Capital Method
- AppendixBasic Terms in Measurement
- Part III: Venture Capital Investors
- Chapter 10. Venture Capital Funds
- Private Equity Funds and Venture Capital Funds
- Venture Capital Investment Characteristics
- Venture Capital Funds and Their Investors
- Venture Capital Funds and Their Portfolios
- The Development of the Venture Capital Industry in the United States
- The Venture Capital Industry at the Dawn of the Third Millennium
- The Structure and Activities of Venture Capital Funds
- Exit Strategies of Investments by Venture Capital Funds
- The Return on Venture Capital Funds
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