Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur

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Have the negotiating edge when getting your new business off the ground

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.

Using informative case studies, detailed charts, and term sheet exercises, Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur discusses the basic principles of the venture capital method, strategies for raising capital, methods of valuing the early-stage venture, and proven techniques for negotiating the deal. The author leads you step-by-step through:

This invaluable guide also includes term sheet exercises that test your understanding of various financing situations facing companies. In addition, the book features three extensive case studies: the first covering a fictional start-up company used throughout the book, the second offering a stepping stone map, and the third presenting a term sheet used in practice by venture capitalists.

What Customers Say About Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur:

this book changed my life in so many words or less this book had a huge impact on my life.

If you don't match up, you really need to consider another idea, or do alot more creative thinking on your existing idea.This was by far the best $50 I spent as a career startup type. His chapters on what makes for a successful business plan is so right on, and everyone should measure their plan against his required attributes. Thanks to the author for keeping it very real and readable. I am a veteran of several Silicon Valley startups, having gone to raise money, and watched money being raised, and invested my own as an angel. This book is by far the best I've ever gone through, from the point of view of someone very experienced in the field, with the gift of being able to articulate not the theory, but the true practice.The author goes through the mindsets of the investors and the entrepreneurs in an uncannily accurate manner.

The book is structured well in terms of the sequence and format in which the relevant concepts are introduced, and is brilliantly written. There isn't a single part of this book that I didn't find extremely useful. This book is a must-have for any startup founder. Berkery does an excellent job at telling you exactly what you need to know, and nothing that you don't need to know.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone raising funding, for tech or non-tech. I am at the seeding stage, but the VC advice is solid. This book was a HUGE help writing my business plan. The charts and mini-case studies are extremely helpful.

99 Inside Secrets on Startup Finance (Gingko Publishing House Guide e-books, Volume 4) There is nothing better for this price. This is a must for every VC aspiree. I have pointed every student who has aspired to join the venture capital industry to this book, and they both cover the depth of the technical knowledge required and also the scope of industrial sectors.