Building Wealth Through Venture Capital : (Record no. 127334)
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| Classification number | HG4751.B388 2017 |
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| Personal name | Batterson, Leonard A. |
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| Title | Building Wealth Through Venture Capital : |
| Remainder of title | A Practical Guide for Investors and the Entrepreneurs They Fund. |
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| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Newark : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2017. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2017. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (227 pages) |
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| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Innovation: The Path to Wealth Creation and What Venture Capital Is All About -- Part I: Understanding the Major Players -- Chapter 1: The Venture Capitalist: Funder of Dreams -- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneur: His Mind and His "Cultivation -- DNA of the Entrepreneur -- Driven by Passion -- Motivated by the Opportunity to Make a Positive Difference -- The Need to Recognize Reality: Beware the Seduction of Money and Power -- The Importance of Fortunate Timing -- Experience and Maturity Can Be Important, Too -- Resolute, Energetic Drive Is the Most Common Denominator -- They're Not Just Resolute -- They Are Bold and Daring, Too -- Environments That Cultivate Entrepreneurs -- The Emergence of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Chicago -- The Age-Old Question: Nature or Nurture? -- Part II: For the Investor: A Guide to Realizing Big Returns -- Chapter 3: Why Should You Invest in Venture Capital? -- It Makes Sense Even for Conservative Investors -- A Hedge Against Inflation and Lengthy Bear Markets -- Hedge Funds and Private Equity Buyout Funds No Longer So Attractive -- Venture Capital's Strong Historical Returns -- Don't Invest More Than You Can Afford to Lose -- Substantial Institutions Love Venture Capital -- Emotional Reasons for Venture Capital Investment -- Chapter 4: How to Find the Right Venture Capital Firm -- Surveying the Landscape of Venture Capital Firms -- Firm Selection by Venture Stage Focus -- Why Should You Care About a Firm's Venture Stage Focus? -- Firm Selection by Industry Focus -- Firm Selection Based on Geographic Focus -- The New Online Equity Crowdfunders -- Other Resources for Selecting a Venture Capital Firm -- Vetting Venture Capital Firm Candidates -- Chapter 5: Venture Capital Investment versus "Buffett's Real Rules" of Investment. |
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| Formatted contents note | Buffett's Real Rules -- How Len's Venture Capital Investment Principles Are Similar -- Why Venture Capital Returns Can Beat Even Warren Buffett -- Chapter 6: Avoid the Seduction of Unicorns: Get in Early -- It's All High Risk, So Get in Early When the Biggest Returns Are Possible -- Excessive Unicorn Valuations: All the Risk without the Big Reward Potential -- Business Valuation 101 -- Applying Business Valuation 101 to Venture Capital Investment -- Try Applying That Logic to Unicorns -- Why Many Unicorn Valuations Don't Make Sense to Us -- Unicorns Having Difficulty Exiting and Delivering Investor Returns -- Now You Know Why We Believe in Early-Stage Investment -- Our Concerns for the Venture Capital Industry and Individual Investors -- Chapter 7: Finding the Highest Quality Investments at the Right Price -- The AOL Story -- How to Manage Risk, Play the Odds, and Win in an Evolving Market -- What It Takes to Hit Investment Home Runs -- How to Find the Potential Home Runs -- Price Can Matter, Too, and Can Be Tricky -- Need to Consider Non-monetary Costs, Too -- Some Pricing Advice for the Entrepreneur -- Part III: For the Entrepreneur: A Guide to the Money Search and All That Follows -- Chapter 8: The Mating Dance: Prospecting for a Venture Capital Investor -- Actually, Lots of Sources and Lots of Available Dollars -- How to Appeal to the Venture Capitalist -- Prospecting for Gold, or, Better Yet, Drilling for Oil -- Venture Capitalists' View of Deal Stages -- Targeting Your Money Search Based on VC Industry Focus -- How to Do All This VC Screening -- An Alternative: Introduction through Expert Middlemen -- Making Contact with the VC -- Other Ways of Making Contact -- Evolution of the Venture Capital Community: Angel Groups and Online VC Portals -- More on Online Venture Capital Investment Platforms -- Chapter 9: The Final Exam: Due Diligence. |
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| Formatted contents note | Is Due Diligence Really That Important? -- A Warning to Entrepreneurs: Beware of Limited Due Diligence -- Return on Due Diligence Investment Tough to Quantify -- Make No Mistake: Due Diligence Is Important -- What Due Diligence Is All About -- The Due Diligence Process -- The Focus of Due Diligence Questioning -- Importance of Treating the VC with Respect and Sincerity -- Time Can Be of the Essence -- Some Advice for Less Experienced VCs -- Some Advice for Less Experienced Investors -- Chapter 10: Finding Your Deal-Doing Lawyer -- So Many Types of Lawyers to Consider -- Why You Need a Deal-Doing Lawyer -- Knowledge of the Venture Capital Process -- Some Realities to Consider -- Finding the Right Legal Counsel -- Speed Can Be Important -- Lots of Legal Consistency -- Build Trust, Not Litigation -- The Typical Process -- Differing Degrees of Legal Orientation -- Chapter 11: Financing Has Arrived and "You're Married"...Now What? -- Now You Answer to a Higher Authority-a Board of Directors -- Be Ready to Make Management Changes -- Anticipate Complications and Management Challenges -- The Critical Search for Talent as the Venture Evolves -- Executive Search Consultants: Expensive, But Can Be Worth It -- The Board's Role as Guardians of the Venture and the Investors' Money -- Board Meetings -- Bankers and Suppliers: Sources of Lower Cost Funds -- Following the Money -- When Crisis Management Is Required -- Chapter 12: The Last Dance: A Successful Exit -- What Constitutes a Successful Exit? -- A Range of Exit Options -- IPO as a Badge of Honor -- Remaining Private May Better Meet the Entrepreneur's Needs -- Going Public Can Also Mean Vulnerability to Rumors and Ruin -- Other Risks of Going Public -- Beware of Investment Bankers' Inherent Drive to Go Public -- Investment Bankers and Venture Capitalists Are Not the Same. |
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| Formatted contents note | The Groupon Story: A Post-IPO Nightmare -- Lessons Reinforced by Groupon's Story -- Timely Liquidation Less Risky than Betting on Volatile Public Markets -- There Are Exceptions: The Nanophase Technologies Story -- Sale to or Merger with a Complementary Business -- Benefits of Being Acquired: The Cleversafe Story -- Issues to Consider Before Selling the Baby -- Truly "All's Well that Ends Well -- Chapter 13: Interview with a Successful Entrepreneur -- Part IV: Looking Ahead: What's to Come -- Chapter 14: The Foreseeable Future -- The Case for Even Greater Innovation and Venture Capital Opportunity -- Technology Advancement-and Investment-Opportunities -- Artificial Intelligence: Computers Becoming Even More Integral to Our Lives -- Will the Computer Be Wise? -- Big Data and Predictive Analytics: The Why of Everything -- Biology as a Computer -- Nanotechnology: The Domain of the Very Small -- Robotics: Machines Come to Life -- Virtual Reality: The Unreal Simulating the Real -- The Internet and the Coming "Third Wave -- Biomedical Advances through Information Flow -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Index -- EULA. |
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| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Venture capital. |
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| Personal name | Freeman, Kenneth M. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Batterson, Leonard A. |
| Title | Building Wealth Through Venture Capital |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2017 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781119409359 |
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