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What does it take to turn ideas into action? What are the elements of a perfect pitch? How do you win the war for talent? How do you establish a brand without bucks? These are some of the issues everyone faces when starting or revitalizing any undertaking, and Guy Kawasaki, former marketing maven of Apple Computer, provides the answers. The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch... (more)

The Monk and the Riddle : The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

The Monk and the Riddle : The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

by Randy Komisar

What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life . . . ? It's a question most of us consider only hypothetically-opting instead to "do what we have to do" to earn a living. But in the critically acclaimed bestseller The Monk and the Riddle , entrepreneurial sage Randy Komisar asks us to answer it for real. The book's timeless advice-to make work pay not just in cash, but in experience,... (more)

Venture Capital Due Diligence: A Guide to Making Smart Investment Choices and Increasing Your Portfolio Returns

Venture Capital Due Diligence: A Guide to Making Smart Investment Choices and Increasing Your Portfolio Returns

by Justin J. Camp

Performing Venture Capital Due Diligence the Right Way Venture Capital Due Diligence provides a clear and complete explanation of the venture capital (VC) due diligence process and shows you how to use it to assess investment opportunities, make smart investment decisions, and increase the return on your overall venture capital portfolio. This comprehensive guide offers a full explanation of the VC due... (more)

Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital

Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital

by Spencer E. Ante

Venture capitalists are the handmaidens of innovation. Operating in the background, they provide the fuel needed to get fledgling companies off the ground--and the advice and guidance that helps growing companies survive their adolescence. In Creative Capital, Spencer Ante tells the compelling story of the enigmatic and quirky man--Georges Doriot--who created the venture capital industry. The author traces the... (more)

Winning Angels: The 7 Fundamentals of Early Stage Investing

Winning Angels: The 7 Fundamentals of Early Stage Investing

by David Amis, Howard Stevenson

(Pearson Education) A text opening doors to those with limited experience in early stage investing, offering seven critical steps toward mastering angel investing. Includes discussion of the options available to angels, a summary of typical approaches, tools and tactics for success, and more.

The Angel Investor's Handbook: How to Profit from Early-Stage Investing

The Angel Investor's Handbook: How to Profit from Early-Stage Investing

by Gerald A. Benjamin

The early stage investor's best friend. Many of today's high-net-worth investors are turning their attention to early-stage investing in emerging companies. They know just how successful and lucrative funding a start-up venture can be. Savvy angel investors can foresee distant but potentially huge returns from pre-IPO companies. There are scores of hungry entrepreneurs in search of capital and lots of money to be... (more)

Dark Side of Valuation, The: Valuing Old Tech, New Tech, and New Economy Companies

Dark Side of Valuation, The: Valuing Old Tech, New Tech, and New Economy Companies

by Aswath Damodaran

(Pearson Education) A comprehensive guide to valuing technology companies, for investors, financial executives, venture capitalist, and other professionals. Includes 5 detailed case studies that cover the entire tech lifecycle, from Amazon.com to Cisco and Motorola. DLC: Valuation.

Zero Gravity: Library Edition

by Steve Harmon

Venture capital is the rocket fuel of the new, high-tech economy. The Internet...it's a wild ride. High-flying Internet companies seem to operate by their own set of rules--outside the natural laws of gravity that apply to most businesses. It's an environment in which perception is more important than profits, and "mind share" is greater that market share. This is Zero Gravity, and it's what all Internet start-ups... (more)

Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

by Alex Wilmerding

Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and buts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, What Every Entrepreneur & Executive Needs to Know About Term Sheets,... (more)

Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation

by Andrew Metrick

The Financial Principles Every Venture Capitalist Needs To Master In Andrew Metrick’s Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, future and current venture capitalists will find a useful guide to the principles of finance and the financial models that underlie venture capital decisions. Assuming no knowledge beyond concepts covered in first-year MBA course, the book will familiarize you with: ... (more)

Due Diligence for Global Deal Making: The Definitive Guide to Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Joint Ventures, Financings, and Strategic Alliances

Due Diligence for Global Deal Making: The Definitive Guide to Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Joint Ventures, Financings, and Strategic Alliances

During the past several years, successful companies of all sizes have initiated international transactions in record numbers. The due diligence required to effectively research, value, and complete these complex deals (mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and private placements) has always been important. Now the type of thoughtful and careful analysis needed must take place under intense... (more)

Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft

Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft

by Jim Clark

From the cofounder of Netscape and the inspiration for Michael Lewis's bestselling The New, New Thing , comes a thrilling insider's account of the race to beat Microsoft for control of the Internet. Netscape was a tiny start-up company that ultimately revolutionized business and communications for the entire world. Jim Clark tells the fascinating story of how he, Marc Andreessen, and a core group of... (more)

Keys to the Vault: Lessons From the Pros on Raising Money and Igniting Your Business

Keys to the Vault: Lessons From the Pros on Raising Money and Igniting Your Business

by Keith J. Cunningham

If you have a great idea for a business but don't know what to do next, this book was written for you. Keys to the Vault will help you finance your idea, ignite your business, and beat the odds. It covers everything you need to know, from how professional investors think to the nitty-gritty of developing a solid business plan and choosing the right legal and capital structure for your business. If you need the... (more)

Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony

A Framework for Predicting Industry Winners and Losers Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data, and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth present a... (more)

Reinventing the Wheel : A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition

Reinventing the Wheel : A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition

by Steve Kemper

"It's going to change the world."-Dean Kamen They came from across the country and from the lab down the hall. Some left behind lucrative jobs, some moved their families. Each hand-picked engineer was drawn by the same irresistible lure: the chance to work with a brilliant, eccentric inventor on a secret project. Dean Kamen was already a millionaire with an impressive list of medical inventions to his name,... (more)

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship, Complete Coverage of What Leading Business Schools Teach About Entrepreneurship; Insights on Marketing, Financing, Planning, Leagal and Tax Strategies, and More

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship, Complete Coverage of What Leading Business Schools Teach About Entrepreneurship; Insights on Marketing, Financing, Planning, Leagal and Tax Strategies, and More

by William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis

The only book that offers a state-of-the-art education in entrepreneurship . . . From an all-star team that includes: William D. Bygrave, Babson College • Jeffry Timmons, Harvard University and Babson College • Abdul Ali, Babson College • Kathleen Seiders, Babson College • Andrew Zacharakis, Babson College • William Wetzel, University of New Hampshire • Joel Shulman, Babson College • Elizabeth... (more)

Business Nightmares: When Entrepreneurs Hit Crisis Point...

Business Nightmares: When Entrepreneurs Hit Crisis Point...

by Rachel Elnaugh

Rachel Elnaugh, entrepreneur and founder of Red Letter Days, announces her book Business Nightmares. Brought to fame as the original female Dragon in the BBC TV cult business show Dragons' Den, Rachel had achieved success at the helm of the a multi-million-pound company. Here, for the first time in her own words, Rachel speaks about her dramatic fall from grace and the spectacular, high-profile collapse of her... (more)

Valuing Early Stage and Venture Backed Companies (Wiley Finance)

Valuing Early Stage and Venture Backed Companies (Wiley Finance)

by Neil J. Beaton

Updated, state-of-the-art valuation techniques that can be used to value early stage companies with complex capital structures Valuing Early Stage and Venture-Backed Companies demonstrates appropriate and defensible ways to prepare and present business valuations for such companies. The book provides guidance on practical applications and technical models dispelling commonly misused practices used by... (more)

Careers in Venture Capital (Wetfeet Insider Guide)

Careers in Venture Capital (Wetfeet Insider Guide)

by Wetfeet

Is it the risk, the potential for dizzying financial rewards, or the chance to play a role in funding the American dream that attracts you to a career in venture capital? VCs enjoy a high degree of job satisfaction, and many insiders tell us they have the privilege of working with bright, driven people. But if you aspire to sit on the board of the next Google or eBay, you have your work cut out for you. Venture... (more)

Eboys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

Eboys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

by Randall E. Stross

Randall Stross looks at how Silicon Valley creates wealth through the eyes of leading venture capitalist firm Benchmark Capital. In offices along six blocks of Sand Hill Road in Melo Park, California, these venture capitalists will provide most of the $50 billion likely to be invested this year alone in the new technologies of the information age. This fly-on-the-wall book follows Benchmark's five partners in... (more)

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The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

by Guy Kawasaki