From Concept to Wall Street:
A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Description
One key reason for the
dot.com collapse was insufficient understanding of the realities of venture funding and
managing entrepreneurial organizations. In From Concept to Wall Street, two of the world's
leading experts in venture-backed entrepreneurship offer a start-to-finish guide to the
entire process: starting new companies, identifying and negotiating funding, and managing
to and through IPOs or M&As.
KEY TOPICS:Drawing on their
immense personal experience on both sides of the table and the hard lessons of
recent years Owen Fuerst and Uri Geiger offer a complete roadmap for both investors
and entrepreneurs. They begin with detailed guidance on the startup process: evaluating
ideas, assembling initial teams, establishing companies, defining strategies, recruiting
key employees, registering intellectual property, and more. Next, they review the
startup's cash requirements and potential sources of capital, and walk through the process
of capital raising, with a close look at valuation, and at the typical contractual
arrangements between funders and entrepreneurs. The book includes a full section on
venture capital entities and institutions, ranging from VC funds to angels; then presents
in-depth coverage of IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and even dissolution
of failed enterprises.
MARKET:For everyone involved
in the venture capital process in both high technology and other industries, including
entrepreneurs, employees in startup companies, investors, and consultants.
328 pages