• Venture Deals, 4th Edition

  • Be Smarter than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
  • By: Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson
  • Narrated by: Barry Abrams
  • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (347 ratings)

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Narrated by: Barry Abrams
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Publisher's summary

How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.

The founders and driving force behind the Foundry Group - a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies - Brad and Jason have been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings. Their investments range from small startups to large Series A venture financing rounds. The new edition of Venture Deals continues to show fledgling entrepreneurs the inner-workings of the VC process, from the venture capital term sheet and effective negotiating strategies to the initial seed and the later stages of development.

Fully updated to reflect the intricacies of startups and entrepreneurship in today's dynamic economic environment, this new edition includes revisions and updates to coverage on negotiating, gender issues, ICO's, and economic terms. New chapters examine legal and procedural considerations relevant to fundraising, bank debt, equity and convertible debt, how to hire an investment banker to sell a company, and more.

©2019 Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson (P)2019 Gildan Media

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Great guide through venture deals

Amazing and comprehensive guide for those who are in the path off venture capitalist deals

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Dense Book

Very informative and detailed book for entrepreneur and VC or anyone interested in the topic. Only downside, I would have preferred to get a physical copy instead since there are some calculations that doesn't translate will in audio.

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Great

Very dense and focused but covers all needed topics for founders and people new to the world of Venture Capital.

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Awesome narrative help for entrepreneurs

As an entrepreneur, I found this book incredibly helpful throughout the entire process fundraising, thank you Brad and Jason.
The ROI time vs Mistakes it’s huge.
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you'll get any info about ventute capitals

great book; it shares a lots of experience; very useful if you planning to looking for an investors

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great book

I learned a lot about getting funded and what happens when a startup gets funded by listening to this book.

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A must read/listen for anyone thinking about venture financing

Hands down the best, most useful, and actionable business book I’ve ever read that wasn’t assigned reading during an MBA, although I’m sure some MBA Programs make this required reading now (if not they should).

Do yourself a favor. Read this if you’re thinking about financing for your startup.

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A must read for founders

Just read (listened) for the third time to refresh as my class heads into fundraising mode. Wish I had this when I raised my first rounds…

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Must read

It’s full of essential information if you are dealing with VCs in any way, shape or form. A hard copy would be useful for reference, though

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Must read for any VC

Extremely useful crash course into the venture industry. Should be required reading for every new VC

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