Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
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- Author：Brad Feld
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Summary
Help take your startup to the next step with the new and revised edition of the popular book on the VC deal process--from the co-founders of the Foundry Group
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。
Provides valuable， real-world insights into venture capital structure and strategy Explains and clarifies the VC term sheet and other misunderstood aspects of capital funding Helps to build collaborative and supportive relationships between entrepreneurs and investors Draws from the author's years of practical experience in the VC arena Includes extensively revised and updated content throughout to increase readability and currency Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist is a must-have resource for Any aspiring entrepreneur， venture capitalist， or lawyer involved in VC deals as well as students and instructors in related areas of study。
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。
Provides valuable， real-world insights into venture capital structure and strategy Explains and clarifies the VC term sheet and other misunderstood aspects of capital funding Helps to build collaborative and supportive relationships between entrepreneurs and investors Draws from the author's years of practical experience in the VC arena Includes extensively revised and updated content throughout to increase readability and currency Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist is a must-have resource for Any aspiring entrepreneur， venture capitalist， or lawyer involved in VC deals as well as students and instructors in related areas of study。
Reviews
Raul Barron
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Worth the read for anyone looking at going into the start up world。 Great foundation
Gunnar Esiason
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Informative， dry， like a textbook， but not unreadable。 Venture Deals makes the seemingly inaccessible world venture capital accessible。 If not for anything else， that makes the book a success。
arity
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It's very dense book but it's extremely useful to entrepreneur。 It's very dense book but it's extremely useful to entrepreneur。 。。。more
Sahil Pandey
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Wish every industry had a manual-rulebook-guide-reckoner like this。 Brilliant。
Nick Hernandez
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Extremely detailed book with invaluable insights。 Organization is off though; I would suggest reading Chapter 1， then Chapters 8–10， and then the rest as they are laid out in the book （2–7， then 11-16）。
Muzaffar Khamraev
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Must have book on funding via VCs and angels。 Though the main idea is to get a good lawyer anyways
Alexander Walsh
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Practical reading for US-based entrepreneurs。
Josh Schachnow
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Highly recommended， read multiple times to prepare for fundraising and found it extremely helpful！
Roger Lawrence
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Great book if somewhat dry material。 I listened to this on Audible， and did the online course
Vasilis Danias
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Must read for those thinking or trying to raise financing。 Technical enough to be useful in comparison to other well known books on the topic that are too high level to be of value。
Troubled Ape
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Read this。 Avoid the following authors: Scott Kupor， J。 Bussgang。 For understanding the concepts， VD is a far more refined work。
Jacek
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Must have for every first time Founder。
Austin Gaghadar
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This book was a highly valuable tool in deciphering the world of venture capital deal making。 As a law student with a keen interest in business this book provided some much needed perspective on how deal making occurs in practice。 The book discussed many of the key elements that need to be considered in the context of a venture deal and a helpful framework for approaching those consideration。 Despite what is often a highly technical area filled with jargon I felt the authors were deliberate and This book was a highly valuable tool in deciphering the world of venture capital deal making。 As a law student with a keen interest in business this book provided some much needed perspective on how deal making occurs in practice。 The book discussed many of the key elements that need to be considered in the context of a venture deal and a helpful framework for approaching those consideration。 Despite what is often a highly technical area filled with jargon I felt the authors were deliberate and successful in making the book accessible and fun to read， with engaging and entertaining anecdotes sprinkled throughout。 This book was a great fit for someone such as myself looking to learn more about this ecosystem。 As I continue my pursuits in the world of business I look forward to seeing the myriad ways that the lessons that I have learned and can now access after reading this book will continue to provide returns。 。。。more
Harry Harman
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#1 book on structuring venture capital deals。
Ignacio Sartori
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At first， I wasn´t sure if this book was what I was looking for。 Maybe the title sounds too much。 But it worth every page。 It´s a must-read for every entrepreneur， angel investor and venture capitalist。
Aaryaman Anerao
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Great book for someone just getting started， gives you a detailed perspective on how a lot of the VC funds are structured， a must-read。
Steven Nguyen
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the only book you need for your startup life！
Ariel Dotan
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Adds a lot of transparency to the process of fund-raising。 A lot of theoretical learning and some great practical tips。
Jenny
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A great resource to understand the basic structure of investment deals。 An easy read and definitely a must read for anyone or has a plan on starting a business。
Tanya
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Useful information but reads like a textbook。
Himanshu Upreti
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“as you'll learn， there really are only two key things that matter in the actual term sheet negotiation—economics and control。”Fundraising is hard and even harder for first-time entrepreneurs without getting squeezed out in a deal。 While reading this book won't necessarily replace the lawyer， it will definitely make you aware of what to look out for and what to negotiate for in a term sheet and subsequent final agreement in the fundraising process。Authored by Brad Feld， an entrepreneur and ventu “as you'll learn， there really are only two key things that matter in the actual term sheet negotiation—economics and control。”Fundraising is hard and even harder for first-time entrepreneurs without getting squeezed out in a deal。 While reading this book won't necessarily replace the lawyer， it will definitely make you aware of what to look out for and what to negotiate for in a term sheet and subsequent final agreement in the fundraising process。Authored by Brad Feld， an entrepreneur and venture capitalist himself who co-founded TechStars and multiple VC firms namely Foundry Group， Mobius Venture Capital and Intensity Ventures， and Jason Mendelson， an engineer， lawyer and VC all rolled into one， the book provides the unique perspective from not just the VC but from entrepreneur angle too。 The book helps you understand how VCs are in same situation as entrepreneurs in terms of their equation with LPs （Limited Partners） and akin to a marriage， they are also in for a long haul with the entrepreneurs when trying to close a deal。 Venture Deals throws light on the various types of fundraising options available today such as crowdfunding， venture debt， convertible note and of course， equity financing。 The highlight of the book is the decoding of the economic and control terms that commonly appear in a term sheet。 Though the book is US centric， most of the terms are standard and would appear in term sheets across the ecosystem regardless of geography。Being an entrepreneur myself， the book brings back the bittersweet memories of last fundraise and understand the mistakes that we did much better now。 One key takeaway was that rather than negotiating with "this is not market standard"， trying out the approach of "this term starts the relationship by dividing us and resulting in our incentives being misaligned。" I'd highly recommend this to first-time entrepreneurs to navigate through the rough seas of fundraising process。 。。。more
William Dinneen
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Do you know what it means for a startup to be offered $10，000，000 for a $100，000，000 post-money valuation in a Series B Round on a term-sheet from a VC firm with a new $200，000，000 fund with a 2。5% management fee and 20% carried interest？
Feliciana
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A great reference for entrepreneurs and those who want to get into the VC industry。
Adam B
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Must read for any entrepreneur and VC
Jesse Heasman
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The must read intro to the VC world
Joe Teibel
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Must read for anyone in a startup
Ngoc
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helpful in understanding basic VC math
Timothy Of
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This is THE resource on venture capital as far as I am concerned。 It often reads like a textbook， so I would recommend reading it over a longer period of time。 It is a must read for any student going into venture capital and any startup founder。
Nate Lorenzen
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If you are interested in understanding venture deals， look no further。 If not， don’t read this book。Also， don’t ask VCs for NDAs， hire employees at will and sign your 31-b forms on stock options。
Neeraj Bagi
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