Venture Capital Best Practices : Leading VCs and Lawyers on Doing Venture Capital Deals

Inside the Minds: Venture Capital Best Practices is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the ins and outs of venture capital and the future of the business on a global scale. Featuring managing directors and senior partners representing some of the nation's top VC and law firms, this book provides both an investor's and legal perspective for doing deals, offering proven strategies for valuing a company, raising capital, working with management teams, exiting an investment, and more. From the steps involved in conducting due diligence to strategies around negotiating deal terms, hitting on the importance of evaluating growth potential and minimizing risk, these experts articulate the finer points around venture capital now and what will hold true into the future. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great minds powering the venture world, as experts offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this fascinating industry - where investing, strategizing, and deal-making intersect.About Inside the Minds: Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.This book is by: Joe Horowitz, Managing General Partner, JAFCO Ventures - "View from a Veteran Venture Investor Reentering the Business Today" Howard M. Anderson, Senior Managing Director & Founder, YankeeTek Ventures - "Keys to Success in Venture Capital" Gary L. Benton, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - "Legal Issues in Raising Venture Capital: An Overview for Entrepreneurs" John Higginbotham, Founder & Chairman, SpaceVest - "Essential Components for Investing in Venture Capital" Jon Staenberg, Partner, Rustic Canyon - "Creating Success in the Venture Capital Industry" Graham Burnette, General Partner, SBV Venture Partners - "The Many Layers of Venture Capital" Gerard H. Langeler, General Partner, OVP Venture Partners - "Exit, Stage Right" Charles D. Powell, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP - "The Role of Counsel in Early Stage Equity Financings"