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	Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook By Josh Lerner (Author), Felda Hardymon (Author), Ann Leamon (Author) Over the past twenty years, the private equity industry has undergone tremendous growth and sweeping changes. With the growth of Private Equity investing, it is imperative that financial professionals fully understand this complex subject. The cases and notes in this updated edition are designed to provide readers with a better understanding of the history of the private equity industry's development and the workings of the industry today. Divided into four modules, the first examines how private equity funds are raised and structured; the second considers the interactions between private equity investors and the entrepreneurs that they finance; the third discusses the process through which private equity investors exit their investments; and the last considers the future of the private equity industry.

	Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur By Dermot Berkery (Author) Written by Dermot Berkery, an internationally known venture capitalist with Delta Partners, this complete toolbook thoroughly details how venture capitalists arrange the financing for a company; what they look for in a business plan; how they value a business; and how they structure the terms of an agreement. Within its pages, you'll find everything you need to successfully raise new business capital with the most attractive terms possible.

	Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days By Jessica Livingston (Author) Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.

	The Startup Company Bible For Entrepreneurs: The Complete Guide For Building Successful Companies And Raising Venture Capital By Stathis (Primary Contributor) There is often a fine line between entrepreneurs who are able to build a successful company versus those who try but do not succeed.

	Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors: A Philosophical Guide to Venture Capital By Scott Chou As an experienced entrepreneur, technologist, and venture capitalist, Scott Chou brings you on the inside of today's startup world. Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors is a humorous and profound compilation of business metaphors assembled in a manner consistent with the teaching of venture capital. Chou's book demystifies the venture capital game for all players new to the business.

	Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation By Andrew Metrick Of all the skills that make a successful Venture Capitalist, finance may not be high on your list. But it should. Why? Because a grasp of the essentials of finance can make the difference between investing with discipline or with blind hope. Think only of the disastrous performance of the VC industry in the post-2000 years for a cautionary example of what happens when investment discipline breaks down.

	Raising Venture Capital By Rupert Pearce (Author), Simon Barnes (Author) Offering a deep insight into the venture capital deal-making process, Raising Venture Capital also provides valuable introduction to the subject. The book is practical in focus but based on sound academic theory, research and teaching materials gathered over the last 4 years at Tanaka Business School.

	How a Venture Capital Fund Operates: Leading VCs on Investment Strategies, Fund Management, and Best Practices for Success By Aspatore Books How a Venture Capital Fund Operates is an authoritative, insider's perspective on investment strategies, fund management, and best practices for success. Featuring partners at leading law firms, as well as CEOs and managing directors of top venture capital and investment firms, this book offers key strategies and legal considerations for all stages of investment.

	Venture Capitalists' Exit Strategies under Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the US Venture Capital Market By Matthias Eckermann Venture capitalists (VCs) fund ventures with the aim of reaping a capital gain upon exit. Research has identified information asymmetry between inside investors and follow-on investors as a major source of friction. It is thus in the interest of VCs to reduce information asymmetry at exit.

	Applied Mergers and Acquisitions Workbook By Robert F. Bruner The Applied Mergers and Acquisitions Workbook provides a useful self-training study guide for readers of Applied Mergers and Acquisitions who want to review the drivers of M&A success and failure. Useful review questions as well as problems and answers are provided for both professionals and students. Readers will further their knowledge, build practical intuition, and learn the art and science of M&A by using this comprehensive self-study workbook in conjunction with the main text.

	How to Get the Financing for Your New Small Business: Innovative Solutions from the Experts Who Do It Every Day By Sharon Fullen The book goes into traditional financing methods and assists the reader in setting up proper financial statements and a proper business plan. It details the differences between debt and equity financing and how and why to use each.

	All I Need Is Money: How To Finance Your Invention By Jack Lander, Richard Stim Find the money you need to bring your invention to life! You have a great idea - but unless you find the right financing, your inventions may never get beyond the notebook. With All I Need Is Money, you'll find out how to secure the funding you need to make your invention a reality. Thousands of potential investors are looking for a great idea to get behind -- and All I Need Is Money helps you find them.

	Beyond the J Curve : Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds By Thomas Meyer, Pierre-Yves Mathonet In recent times, venture capital and private equity funds have become household names, but so far little has been written for the investors in such funds, the so-called limited partners. There is far more to the management of a portfolio of venture capital and private equity funds than usually perceived. Beyond the J Curve describes an innovative toolset for such limited partners to design and manage portfolios tailored to the dynamics of this market place, going far beyond the typical and often-simplistic recipe to ‘go for top quartile funds’.

	The Venture Capital Legal Handbook: Top Lawyers & Venture Capitalists on the Laws and Documents that Govern VC Deals, Raising Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs & More By Aspatore Books The Venture Capital Legal Handbook (italicize first 5 words) is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the ins and outs of venture capital laws and the legal aspects of all transactions, on a global scale. Featuring Partners, Chairs and Department Heads of venture capital all representing some of the nation's top law firms, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of the current shape and future state of this particular practice area. Discussing current and pivotal trends and changes affecting the venture community, as well as the intricacies of drafting, negotiating and closing investment agreements, raising critical points around the sheer vulnerability of transactions to the ever-changing laws of the day and the rampant globalization of venture capital, authors articulate the finer points around VC laws in a thoroughly comprehensive read – from beginning to end.

	The Perfect Business Plan Made Simple : The best guide to writing a plan that will secure financial backing for your business By William Phd Lasher Starting your own business is an American Dream. But raising money requires a polished business plan that sells financial backers on your idea. The Perfect Business Plan Made Simple approaches the business plan as a sales document that will persuade bankers and venture capitalists to invest in your new or growing enterprise. Featuring examples and detailed sample plans, this updated edition addresses legal concerns and special issues unique to internet-based businesses. Detailed writing instructions, overviews of the funding process, and explanations of why certain arguments are crucial make this guide invaluable to both novices and experienced entrepreneurs.

	Angel Capital : How to Raise Early-Stage Private Equity Financing By Gerald A. Benjamin, Joel B. Margulis If you're an entrepreneur or own a small, fast-growing businesses, Angel Capital provides a complete toolkit for raising capital in today's challenging economic landscape. The authors, who manage the largest angel network in the U.S., offer real-world advice on how to find investors and take control of the private placement process. Using revolutionary typology and unmatched proprietary research, they explain all stages of raising capital, from valuation to negotiation to due diligence. In addition, you'll find a comprehensive directory of alternative capital resources, based on research of over 2,000 organizations, and a legal appendix that serves as a short course in exempt offerings and provides the skills needed to have success with any early-stage business venture or investment.

	Careers in Venture Capital, 2006 Edition : WetFeet Insider Guide By Wetfeet Venture capitalists enjoy a high degree of job satisfaction, and many insiders concur that they work with the brightest minds in business. But if you aspire to sit on the board of the next Google or eBay, you have your work cut out for you. Read this guide to learn what it takes to get your foot in the door.

	Investors in Your Backyard: How to Raise Business Capital from the People You Know By Asheesh Advani Investors in Your Backyard is a one-of-a-kind book that helps you raise the money you need from the people you trust. Your business is your future, whether you're starting up or expanding your operation. But everything depends on financing, and most lending institutions won't lend money to small, unproven ventures. The solution? Do what over 50 percent of U.S. businesses do -- obtain private loans from friends, family and private "angel" investors who want to get behind a great idea. With Investors in Your Backyard, you'll get the information, forms and calculators you need to get the job done.

	The SBA Loan Book: Get A Small Business Loan--even With Poor Credit, Weak Collateral, And No Experience By Charles H. Green The SBA Loan Book, 2nd Edition provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to maneuver through the complex maze of eligibility, qualification, and approval needed to get SBA financing. This edition includes the most up-to-date information on policy changes including Revision E, the 504 program, the SBA Express program.

	Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions By Jack S. Levin, Martin D. Ginsburg (Editor), Donald E. Rocap (Editor) Now, you can minimize your clients' tax liability and avoid legal pitfalls, as well as maximize returns on successful transactions and be prepared for all of the potential benefits, with Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions.

	The Venture Capital Collection: The 8 Best Selling VC Books on Term Sheets, Deal Terms, Raising Capital, Compensation Structures, Exit Strategies, Venture Capital Laws & Documents & More By Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Books Staff, Aspatore.com The Venture Capital Collection is the definitive resource for venture capital and the only reference material you will need for understanding, drafting and negotiating deals, securing the appropriate funding, exiting an investment, or whatever your initiative might be. The collection features eight books that collectively, provide a thorough examination of every aspect of venture capital. Within these 2,000+ pages lies a wealth of critical information, which every entrepreneur, venture capitalist and lawyer should have at their fingertips.

	Raising Entrepreneurial Capital By John B. Vinturella, Suzanne M. Erickson This book focuses on classic capital raising. That is, it covers the debt vs. equity decision, the options available to smaller businesses, and the considerations that lead to rapid growth, including venture capital, IPOs, angels, incubators, and so forth. Raising Entreprenuerial Capital begins where entrepreneurship books leave off, assuming that the reader understands simple financial statements, has selected a specific business, and knows how to write a business plan. It provides a broad, high-level summary of the subjects that people typically research, such as "How should your company position itself to attract private equity investment?" and "What steps can you take to improve your company's marketability?" Unlike other books of the genre, Raising Entrepreneurial Capital includes several chapters on worldwide regional variations on forms and availability of pre-seed capital, incubators, and the business plans they create, with case-studies from Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific-Rim.

	The Vulture Investors, Revised and Updated By Hilary Rosenberg The vulture investors made their way to the forefront of American business during the troubled period when declaring bankruptcy became commonplace among debt-heavy companies. Buying out debt and seeing through the rehabilitation of companies as well-known as Sunbeam and Bloomingdale's, these unique players have changed the face of the distressed securities market. In her own animated, absorbing, and original style, Hilary Rosenberg creates thoroughly researched reenactments of the vultures' greatest exploits to offer an intriguing examination of their methods and their madness-and reveals the important role of these controversial characters in aiding worldwide economic recovery.

	Inside the Minds: Leading Deal Makers - Top Venture Capitalists & Lawyers Share Their Knowledge on the Art of Deal Making and Negotiations By Aspatore Books Staff, InsideTheMinds.com, Mark Macenka, Joseph Hoffman, John Abraham, Patrick Ennis, Mary Ann Jorgenson, Gerard DiFiore, Sam Colella, Robert Chefitz, Kenneth Bezozo Inside the Minds: Leading Deal Makers is the most authoritative book ever written on the "real world aspects" of deal doing, written by an unprecedented collection of leading venture capitalists and lawyers. These highly acclaimed deal makers share their knowledge and experience on negotiations, partnerships, joint ventures, calculating ROI, keeping your deal skills sharp, working as a team, meetings schedules and environment, legal issues, deal parameters and other important topics. An unprecedented look inside the minds of some of the most well known deal makers makes for exciting and highly interesting reading for every financial professional, lawyer, business development professional, CEO, entrepreneur and individual involved in deal making in any environment and at every level.

	Executive Reports: Raising Venture Capital From a Tier 1 VC Firm - Over 50 Leading Venture Capitalists on What VCs Really Look For, Term Sheet Analysis, Due Diligence and Deal Terms By Aspatore Books Staff, Alex Wilmerding, Jonathan Goldstein, Aspatore.com This insider look at what it takes to raise venture capital features insider perspectives by venture capitalists from some of the world’s top firms such as TA Associates, Boston Capital Ventures, EuclidSR Partners, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Venrock Associates and over 10 tier one venture capital firms. This report includes actual term sheets, valuation methodology and analysis, assessment of stock option programs and their impact on valuations and capital structures and other real world documents used by leading venture capitalists and lawyers analyzed from multiple perspectives.

	Venture Capital Exit Strategies: Leading VCs on Exit Strategiesfor Entrepreneurs & Management Teams Including M&A, IPOs and Other Options By Aspatore Books Staff (Editor), Aspatore Books (Editor), Aspatore.com, Alex Wilmerding Inside the Minds: Venture Capital Exit Strategies is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the ways in which VCs, Entrepreneurs and other investors look to capitalize on taking a business venture in another direction. From the ideal liquidation scenario to the essential processes around any final transaction, this book covers all possibilities for exiting a deal and the critical components that anyone involved cannot afford to overlook.

	How Venture Capital Works [DOWNLOAD: PDF] By Bob Zider In this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis of present-day venture capitalists and shows why its practitioners have a lot more in common with investment bankers than you might think. The popular mythology surrounding the U.S. venture-capital industry derives from a previous era.

	Venture Capital Investing: The Complete Handbook for Investing in Private Businesses for Outstanding Profits By David Gladstone (Author), Laura Gladstone (Author) This is the classic book on how to invest money in new ventures. Almost all of the books on the market that deal with venture capital discuss how entrepreneur's can raise venture capital. This book helps the other side of the process, the side that actually lays out the money to seed those entrepreneurs.

	How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation: S-Corporations For Small Business Owners By Peter I. Hupalo How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation: S-Corporations For Small Business Owners begins where many incorporation books leave off. Peter Hupalo, author of Thinking Like An Entrepreneur, teaches you the basics of corporate business structure.

	The Art of M&A: A Merger Acquisition Buyout Guide By Stanley Foster Reed, Alexandra Reed Lajoux The Art of M&A, Third Edition, is the leading answer book in today's fast-changing, enormously complex merger world. Written in a handy, easy-reference Q&A format, this no-nonsense handbook covers everything from the early stages of locating a suitable target--or finding that you are a target--through the postmerger trials of turning multiple companies into one.

	Buyout : The Insider's Guide to Buying Your Own Company By Rick Rickertsen, Robert E. Gunther, Michael Lewis A text for managers ready to run a company of their own. Presents the practical tools needed to identify a strong prospect for acquisition, effectively analyze the situation, negotiate and structure the terms of purchase, perform due diligence, close the deal, and exit. A text for those ready to buy out their own or another company. DLC: Management buyouts.

	Winning at Mergers and Acquisitions : The Guide to Market Focused Planning and Integration By Mark N. Clemente (Author), David S. Greenspan (Author) Winning at Mergers and Acquisitions offers a critical new approach to strategic M&A based on the authors' pioneering concept of marketing due diligenceSM. Covering every state of market-driven M&A planning and integration, this book shows how to look beyond the quick hit to focus on long-term growth rather than short-term cost-cutting. Features dozens of real-life case studies--including both failures and extraordinary successess--plus inside comments from leading M&A specialists.

	Corporate Venturing: Creating New Businesses Within the Firm By Zenas Block, Ian C. MacMillan (Contributor) The authors offer a blueprint that will help managers in any company design and manage corporate ventures. Executives will learn how to foster entrepreneurship, identify venture opportunities and locate them within the firm, select venture managers, set up planning and control mechanisms, and understand the political interplay between the venture and the firm.

	Due Diligence for Global Deal Making: The Definitive Guide to Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Financings, and Strategic Alliances By Arthur H. Rosenbloom (Editor) An invaluable guidebook for companies trying to capitalize on the opportunities in both developed and emerging cross-border markets. Valuable tips and tools for business leaders.

	Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings, 3rd Edition By Patrick A. Gaughan (Author) Corporate restructurings are again a powerful business reality in the early 00s. Now, the definitive source and bestselling guide to the ins-and-outs of the subject, the new Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings, Third Edition explains how each form of restructuring works and the laws governing them, as well as insights on which form of restructuring is most beneficial, illustrated with numerous case studies examining mergers within the United States and internationally. An ideal manual on meeting the business challenges of today, this book provides a fresh new look at mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate restructuring practices now in use, describing how and when each can be used to revitalize and supercharge companies.

	PIPEs: A Guide to Private Investments in Public Equity: Revised and Updated Edition By Steven Dresner (Editor), E. Kurt Kim (Editor) PIPEs, or Private Investments in Public Equity, are attracting tremendous interest on Wall Street. In recent years, these privately negotiated transactions have become an attractive financing alternative for companies seeking capital and investors seeking high returns. In PIPE transactions, public companies issue stock and bonds directly (and often discreetly) to large institutional investors, rather than trying to raise capital in the stock and bond markets.

	Bigwig Briefs: The Art of Deal Making - Leading Deal Makers Reveal the Secrets to Negotiating, Leveraging Your Position and Inking Deals By Bigwig Briefs Bigwig Briefs: The Art of Deal Making includes knowledge excerpts from some of the biggest name lawyers and venture capitalists in the world on ways to master the art of deal making. These highly acclaimed deal makers explain the secrets behind keeping your deal skills sharp, negotiations, working with your team, developing and utilizing your "special" deal skills, meetings schedules and environment, deal parameters and other important topics. A must have for every financial professional, lawyer, business development professional, CEO, entrepreneur and individual involved in deal making in any environment and at every level.

	Financing Your New or Growing Business: How to Find and Get Capital for Your Venture By Ralph Alterowitz, Jon Zonderman Financing Your New or Growing Business teaches you how to get the gold, starting with how to create a capital acquisition strategy. Ralph Alterowitz and Jon Zonderman tell you which government agencies and organizations can help your efforts and will give you insight into the cash havens available for businesses and start-ups!

	The Kingmakers: Venture Capital and the Money Behind the Net By Karen Southwick The Kingmakers reveals the world of high-powered venture capitalists, following them as they interview hopeful entrepreneurs, select boards for funded companies, shepherd companies toward an IPO, and decide which industries and what companies to invest in. This is the first time a journalist has been given total access to this highly guarded business for a book-length work. It offers insight into what companies and industries will hold the key to our economic future, as well as the inner workings of the venture capitalists and investment bankers.

	Inside the Minds : Venture Capitalists - Inside the High Stakes and Fast Moving World of Venture Capital By Aspatore Books Staff (Editor) Inside the Minds: Venture Capitalists features leading venture capitalists from companies such as Softbank, Bertelsmann Ventures, TA Associates, New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital and other leading firms. These highly acclaimed VCs take us where they feel the future of the venture capital industry is going (even after the bubble burst) and how everyone can still take advantage of it on some level.

	From Concept to Wall Street: A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital By Oren Fuerst, Uri Geiger Venture capital has never been more important to the entrepreneur. But in the past few years, the venture capital process has changed dramatically: first with the dot.com explosion, again with the dot.com collapse, and yet again as the industry has learned its lessons and begun to move forward. From Concept to Wall Street is the first book on venture capital to reflect these radical transformations and their impact on ventures creation and development. Written by two leading participants in the venture capital and entrepreneurial process, it covers all you need to know to succeed-whatever your industry, whatever your role.

	Deal Terms - The Finer Points of Venture Capital Deal Structures, Valuations, Term Sheets, Stock Options and Getting VC Deals Done By Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Books Staff, Aspatore.com Deal Terms is the first ever in-depth look at valuations, preferred stock, stock options and other variables that affect deal structure, written by Alex Wilmerding (a venture capitalist at Boston Capital Ventures and best selling author of Term Sheets & Valuations). Written from a venture capital perspective, however applicable for all types of financings, Deal Terms includes actual term sheets, valuation methodology and analysis, assessment of stock option programs and their impact on valuations and capital structures and other real world documents used by leading venture capitalists and lawyers analyzed from multiple perspectives.

	Venture Management Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Practical Guide to Stock, Finance and Contracts By Cliff Conneighton The brand new, highly-acclaimed Venture Management Handbook tells an entrepreneur or the management team of any company how to raise money, avoid trouble and manage to profitability -- even in the post-crash, post-Enron economy. And at the end of the day, make sure there is something left for themselves.

	From Alchemy to Ipo: The Business of Biotechnology By Cynthia Robbins-Roth Written by a well-known industry insider, From Alchemy to IPO addresses the coming-of-age of biotech products and companies and traces the history of biotechnology from its early inception in the seventies to today's heyday of new solutions and breakthrough treatments. It describes the amazing entrepreneurial trail of product development, novel business models, and critical trials that eventually pave the way to market. This is the first book to accurately record the inner workings of an industry-biotechnology-that's on the verge of living up to its monumental promise to change the world as we know it.

	Attracting Capital from Angels: How Their Money-And Their Experience-Can Help You Build a Successful Company By Brian E. Hill, Dee Power, Bob Bozeman This book offers all the information entrepreneurs need for finding elusive angel investors.

	Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations By Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Books Staff, Aspatore.com 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, Valuation Parameters, and East Coast Versus West Coast Rules. In addition, the book includes an actual term sheet from a leading law firm with line by line descriptions of each clause, what can/should be negotiated, and the important points to pay attention to. A must have book for any executive, entrepreneur, or financial professional.

	Vault Career Guide to Venture Capital, 3rd Edition By Oleg Kaganovich For job seekers who enjoy working with young, growing companies--and potentially making millions from investments in them. This insider guide takes readers inside the industry, with a look at the hiring process, regional firms, job responsibilities and more.

	The Venture Imperative By Heidi Mason, Tim Rohner In this groundbreaking book, Heidi Mason and Tim Rohner-leading voices in venture strategy-prove that corporate venturing is the best way to intelligently and successfully test and launch innovative corporate growth strategies. Venturing drives corporate strategy by harnessing internal and external innovation, while limiting financial risks. The process starts with the right environment: the Venture Business Office-a group that directly connects individual ventures to the parent investor and the larger venture community.

	The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth By Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner Industry experts Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner provide the first cool-headed explanation of the venture capital industry and the role it plays in our economy. They underscore that, regardless of the economic conditions, innovation is incredibly difficult to finance, take to market, and translate into value. While venture capital has evolved to address these problems-the industry has fueled innovation, economic growth, and wealth creation for decades-features of the venture industry have left it vulnerable to boom-and-bust cycles. In the near future, say the authors, the industry must transform dramatically, with important implications for industry players and the entrepreneurs and organizations they serve.

	Funding & Financial Execution for Early-Stage Companies By Rod Hoagland Funding & Financial Execution for Early-Stage Companies was written for entrepreneurs. In a straight forward, no nonsense manner, the mystique behind venture funding is unveiled. The written word is augmented with over 50 powerful visual diagrams, charts, tables and graphs. The content and layout draws beyond the author’s own extensive experience though the support of an extensive advisory board of entrepreneurial finance experts, successful technology entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial strategy experts. The strategy and tactics were further validated through interviews with top-shelf venture capitalists and venture consultants published by the author in the electronic newsletter "The Quicksilver Catalyst."

	Venture Capital: The Definitive Guide for Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Practitioners By Joel Cardis, Sam Kirschner, Stan Richelson, Jason Kirschner How to attract the venture capital needed to grow any business Venture Capital teaches entrepreneurs and small business owners everything they need to know about finding the venture capital they need to grow their businesses. Based, in large part, upon in-depth interviews with major players in the venture capital arena--including money managers as well as entrepreneurs who have dealt with them successfully--it provides powerful pointers on how to make a business attractive to venture capitalists, how to protect yourself in negotiating an agreement, how to manage a relationship with venture capitalists once a deal is signed, and much more.

	Venture Capital Due Diligence: A Guide to Making Smart Investment Choices and Increasing Your ROI By Justin J. Camp 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.

	High-Tech Ventures : The Guide for Entrepreneurial Success By C. Gordon Bell, John E. McNamara (Contributor), C. Gordon Beel This book is written primarily for people who are creating the future high-tech world by designing, building, and marketing innovative products. More specifically, it is for all engineers, engineering managers, entrepreneurs and intapreneurs. The book provides insight into the problems entrepreneurs face and gives a model for successful startup companies in a formal checklist.

	The Angel Investor's Handbook: How to Profit from Early-Stage Investing By Gerald A. Benjamin, Joel Margulis 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 invested. But, matching the right entrepreneurs with wise investors, so that both can profit, is the challenge in new enterprises.

	Inside Secrets to Venture Capital By Brian E. Hill, Dee Power Based on the authors experience as consultants, as well as the results of numerous surveys, Inside Secrets to Venture Capitalism teaches entrepreneurs seeking to grow their business how to find venture capital, how to make their business attractive to venture capitalists, how to protect themselves in negotiating an agreement, and how to deal with the venture capitalists once the agreement is signed.

	Entrepreneur's Guide to Preparing a Winning Business Plan and Raising Venture Capital By W. Keith Schilit The difference between a successful enterprise and one that never gets off the ground is often the business plan presented to investors. This time- and money-saving guide can give readers the edge over the competition.

	Done Deals: Venture Capitalists Tell Their Stories By Udayan Gupta (Editor) In Done Deals, journalist Udayan Gupta provides a revealing history of this phenomenal industry as told through first-person accounts of its most influential players. Organized into five parts, the book chronicles the industry's humble beginnings and extraordinary present, highlights the key differences between West Coast and East Coast firms, and presents a vision of the future as told by industry veterans.

	Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies -- A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Venture Capitalists By Robert J. Robinson, Mark Van Osnabrugge Until recently, entrepreneurs and small-business owners were limited to borrowing money, attracting venture capitalists, or going public as ways of raising outside capital. Now, though, as investors are willing to take on more risk and are looking for additional places to stake their money, "angel investing" has emerged as a phenomenon. Angel investors are individuals who invest in companies that are usually overlooked by more traditional venture capital firms.

	High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated : The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies By John Nesheim (Author) This revised and updated edition of Nesheim's underground Silicon Valley bestseller incorporates twenty-three case studies of successful start-ups, including tables of wealth showing how much money founders and investors realized from each venture. Acclaimed by entrepreneurs the world over, this practical handbook is filled with hard-to-find information and guidance covering every key phase of a start-up, from idea to IPO: how to create a winning business plan, how to value the firm, how venture capitalists work, how they make their money, where to find alternative sources of funding, how to select a good lawyer, and how to protect intellectual property.

	The Venture Capital Cycle: Second Edition By Paul Gompers, Josh Lerner In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen years of ground-breaking research into the form and function of venture capital firms, they examine the fund-raising, investing, and exit stages of venture capitalists. Three major themes run throughout the process: venture investors confront tremendous information and incentive problems; venture capital processes are inherently interrelated, and a complete understanding of the industry requires a full understanding of the venture cycle; and, unlike most financial markets, the venture capital industry adjusts very slowly to shifts in the demand for and the supply of investment capital.

	Angel Financing: How to Find and Invest in Private Equity By Gerald A. Benjamin, Joel Margulis Capital is the single most important factor to getting your venture off the ground, but finding it can be a challenge, particularly if you're running out of funding options. Suppose your venture is too small for institutional players. What do you do once you've exhausted your personal financial resources? Where do you go after banks, the leasing companies, the venture capital firms, have turned you down? What you need is an "angel"—a private investor with high net worth. Angel Financing—the only book of its kind—provides you with a road map to this valuable, little known, source of capital financing.

	Fundamentals of Venture Capital By Joseph W. Bartlett Written in highly readable layman's language, Fundamentals of Venture Capital is a concise introduction to the key issues facing both investors and entrepreneurs as they embark on the journey of turning a good idea into a profitable reality.