Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist Hardcover - 2019

From the rear cover

There has never been a better time for entrepreneurs to create a startup. With decreasing costs of getting started and operating a business, the ability to be a founder has become increasingly democratized across the globe. On top of this, the amount of funding sources has dramatically increased not only in number, but also in types, as non-traditional sources like crowdfunding and accelerators have become important players in the ecosystem. Today, an entrepreneur raising money has a lot more options than even just a few years ago. The question becomes "how does one evaluate these opportunities and maximize the result?"

Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are back with version four of their Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller. Packed with the latest insights and emerging trends, the authors' fifty-plus years of collective experience are at your fingertips. Whether you need advice on raising money, negotiating a term sheet, selling your business, or really just want to have insider access into what makes venture capitalists tick, this book is for you.

Brad and Jason discuss different stages of financings, the many types of different investors who might fund your company, as well as the different avenues of funding, whether they be equity, traditional convertible debt, venture bank debt, or one of the newer practices of crowdfunding and pre-sales.

Whether you are a new or seasoned entrepreneur, lawyer, venture capitalist, educator, or student of the industry, Venture Deals, Fourth Edition is the go-to-guide to navigating the venture landscape.

For additional information, including term sheets and all the documents generated from the term sheet as part of venture financing, visit the authors' website at venturedeals.com.

From the jacket flap

There has never been a better time for entrepreneurs to create a startup. With decreasing costs of getting started and operating a business, the ability to be a founder has become increasingly democratized across the globe. On top of this, the amount of funding sources has dramatically increased not only in number, but also in types, as non-traditional sources like crowdfunding and accelerators have become important players in the ecosystem. Today, an entrepreneur raising money has a lot more options than even just a few years ago. The question becomes "how does one evaluate these opportunities and maximize the result?"

Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are back with version four of their Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller. Packed with the latest insights and emerging trends, the authors' fifty-plus years of collective experience are at your fingertips. Whether you need advice on raising money, negotiating a term sheet, selling your business, or really just want to have insider access into what makes venture capitalists tick, this book is for you.

Brad and Jason discuss different stages of financings, the many types of different investors who might fund your company, as well as the different avenues of funding, whether they be equity, traditional convertible debt, venture bank debt, or one of the newer practices of crowdfunding and pre-sales.

Whether you are a new or seasoned entrepreneur, lawyer, venture capitalist, educator, or student of the industry, Venture Deals, Fourth Edition is the go-to-guide to navigating the venture landscape.

For additional information, including term sheets and all the documents generated from the term sheet as part of venture financing, visit the authors' website at venturedeals.com.