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.

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.