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Venture Capital Investing: The Complete Handbook for Investing in Private Businesses for Outstanding Profits (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books)

By: David Gladstone Laura Gladstone
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
ISBN: 013101885X
ISBN-13: 9780131018853
Released: 03 Sep 2003
RRP: £19.99
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Insightful! - By: Rolf Dobelli, 30 Apr 2004
This book is a thorough, practical guide to the nitty-gritty of venturecapital investing. This comprehensive, well-organized instruction manualsummarizes the homework you should do before you make a venture capitalinvestment, the paperwork needed to carry out the investment & theongoing work you will have to undertake to have a prayer of seeing yourinvestment pay off. If it is a little plodding, you can understand why. Itcovers a lot of ground. The authors compare venture capital investing to apartnership at one point, to a marriage at another. They don't attempt tosell you on venture investing. In fact, by telling you how difficult andlabor intensive it is, they may even drive you away. We believe this bookdefinitely belongs in the library of anyone who has ever taken a seriousinterest in venture investing. It will also help entrepreneurs who needventure capital financing by showing them how to evaluate their companiesaccording to the criteria that serious investors are apt to use.
Insightful! - By: Rolf Dobelli, 09 Mar 2004
This book is a thorough, practical guide to the nitty-gritty of venture capital investing. This comprehensive, well-organized instruction manual summarizes the homework you should do before you make a venture capital investment, the paperwork needed to carry out the investment & the ongoing work you will have to undertake to have a prayer of seeing your investment pay off. If it is a little plodding, you can understand why. It covers a lot of ground. The authors compare venture capital investing to a partnership at one point, to a marriage at another. They don’t attempt to sell you on venture investing. In fact, by telling you how difficult & labor intensive it is, they may even drive you away. We believe this book definitely belongs in the library of anyone who has ever taken a serious interest in venture investing. It will also help entrepreneurs who need venture capital financing by showing them how to evaluate their companies according to the criteria that serious investors are apt to use.