The Business of Venture Capital describes the various aspects of Raising the venture fund, sourcing and structuring investments and insights to generate returns in a consistent manner. The book covers the distinct aspects of the venture capital investment process and provides insights and perspectives from leading venture capitalists, including the Midas list of winners who had consistent, repeated success in a world where every now and then, there are one hit wonders. This is the only book that covers it all- VC fundraising, sourcing deals and exits of investments.

The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies

Business & Money

Ramsinghani, Mahendra

Finance

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital business The Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, the book provides the necessary breadth and depth, simplifies the jargon, and balances the analytical logic with experiential wisdom. Starting with a Foreword by Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), this important guide includes insights and perspectives from leading experts. <ul>
<li>Covers the process of raising the venture fund, including identifying and assessing the Limited Partner universe; fund due-diligence criteria; and fund investment terms in Part One</li> <li>Discusses the investment process, including sourcing investment opportunities; conducting due diligence and negotiating investment terms; adding value as a board member; and exploring exit pathways in Part Two</li> <li>Offers insights, anecdotes, and wisdom from the experiences of best-in-class practitioners</li> <li>Includes interviews conducted by Leading Limited Partners/Fund-of-Funds with Credit Suisse, Top Tier Capital Partners, Grove Street Advisors, Rho Capital, Pension Fund Managers, and Family Office Managers</li> <li>Features the insights of over twenty-five leading venture capital practitioners, frequently featured on Forbes' Midas List of top venture capitalists</li> </ul>
Those aspiring to raise a fund, pursue a career in venture capital, or simply understand the art of investing can benefit from The Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition. The companion website offers various tools such as GP Fund Due Diligence Checklist, Investment Due Diligence Checklist, and more, as well as external links to industry white papers and other industry guidelines.

The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies (Wiley Finance)

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The new edition of the definitive guide for venture capital practitioners―covers the entire process of venture firm formation &amp; management, fund-raising, portfolio construction, value creation, and exit strategies Since its initial publication, The Business of Venture Capital has been hailed as the definitive, most comprehensive book on the subject. Now in its third edition, this market-leading text explains the multiple facets of the business of venture capital, from raising venture funds, to structuring investments, to generating consistent returns, to evaluating exit strategies. Author and VC Mahendra Ramsinghani who has invested in startups and venture funds for over a decade, offers best practices from experts on the front lines of this business. This fully-updated edition includes fresh perspectives on the Softbank effect, career paths for young professionals, case studies and cultural disasters, investment models, epic failures, and more. Readers are guided through each stage of the VC process, supported by a companion website containing tools such as the LP-GP Fund Due Diligence Checklist, the Investment Due Diligence Checklist, an Investment Summary format, and links to white papers and other industry guidelines. Designed for experienced practitioners, angels, devils, and novices alike, this valuable resource: <ul>
<li>Identifies the key attributes of a VC professional and the arc of an investor’s career</li> <li>Covers the art of raising a venture fund, identifying anchor investors, fund due diligence, negotiating fund investment terms with limited partners, and more</li> <li>Examines the distinct aspects of portfolio construction and value creation</li> <li>Balances technical analyses and real-world insights</li> <li>Features interviews, personal stories, anecdotes, and wisdom from leading venture capitalists</li> </ul>
The Business of Venture Capital, Third Edition is a must-read book for anyone seeking to raise a venture fund or pursue a career in venture capital, as well as practicing venture capitalists, angel investors or devils alike, limited partners, attorneys, start-up entrepreneurs, and MBA students.

The Business of Venture Capital: The Art of Raising a Fund, Structuring Investments, Portfolio Management, and Exits (Wiley Finance)

Managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder 
As acclaimed investor and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz once stated, managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder or CEO. In The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs, Mahendra Ramsinghani gathers insights from over a hundred founders to deliver an intuitive and insightful guide to understanding our psychology and navigating the psychological pressures of startup leadership. 
Venture backed companies are expected to grow at high velocity, raise large amounts of capital, build teams effectively to achieve unicorn, no decacorn status. Yet the journey is long, filled with uncertainties, extremities and black swan events. It can wear out the best and the brightest. On the outside, a CEO can demonstrate sheer bravado, an invincible spirit as they behead dragons in the business battlefield. And on the inside, they deal with their dark side, subconscious struggles, emotional barriers, shame or guilt. The role of a founder can be lonely, frustrating and filled with high-highs and low-lows - all of this leading to anxiety, depression even suicide. 
This book addresses the fundamentals of understanding our own inner workings and explores practical ways of overcoming our inner hurdles. Filled with simple, yet concrete strategies, lessons and insights, founders and business leaders can work with stress, anxiety, and other mental challenges presented by the life of an entrepreneur. 
In this book, readers will learn to: Understand the basics of founder psychology, and how our inner workings can help or hurt us The importance of building a healthy ego, leading to resilience Draw on the lessons of established startup leaders on how to wrestle with their own mental and emotional challenges 
Written for founders, entrepreneurs and Chief Executive Officers, The Resilient Founder leads a gentle path to self-awareness, compassionate soul-care and inner wellbeing. Entrepreneur, Investor and author Brad Feld calls this book "dynamite". Case studies, philosophical perspectives and a generous dose of poetry is sprinkled across this book, which can be a companion for all those misfits, rebels and the crazy ones. For all those perpetually hitched on the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurial journey, this book is first of a kind to delve into the dark side and present a balanced approach to building your inner core as you build your company. This is no quick-fix guide, and we are perpetual work-in-progress. Today is Day One. Let us start the journey.\nFrom the Inside Flap\nFounders, entrepreneurs and business leaders, especially those who shoulder responsibility for high-growth, fast-moving startups, often struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental challenges as they race to reach the promised unicorn land. 
In The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs, veteran venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mahendra Ramsinghani delivers an eye-opening exploration of the relentless emotional pressure faced by startup founders and business leaders. The book draws on lessons in endurance from over one hundred company founders who share their own emotional difficulties. 
The art of building resilience starts with the basics of psychology, and the importance of developing a healthy ego. Be it the pandemic, competition, or cash flow, crises are bound to occur. Why do some founders react differently, while some succumb to pressure? What about therapy and medication? The book provides a simple and a holistic framework towards improving the well being of those under the gun at high-pressure startups. The postscript outlines how to support all those who suffer from depression as a result of their entrepreneurial PTSD. 
Filled with insights, tactics, solace, and guidance from those who have already endured the slings of startup life, The Resilient Founder is a first of a kind compassionate companion for e

The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs

A comprehensive guide on creating, growing, and leveraging a board of directors written for CEOs, board members, and people seeking board roles. 
The first time many founders see the inside of a board room is when they step in to lead their board. But how do boards work? How should they be structured, managed, and leveraged so that startups can grow, avoid pitfalls, and get the best out of their boards? Authors Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani, and Matt Blumberg have collectively served on hundreds of startup and scaleup boards over the past 30 years, attended thousands of board meetings, encountered multiple personalities and situations, and seen the good, bad, and ugly of boards. 
In Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, the authors provide seasoned advice and guidance to CEOs, board members, investors, and anyone aspiring to serve on a board. This comprehensive book covers a wide range of topics with relevant tips, tactics, and best practices, including: Board fundamentals such as the board's purpose, legal characteristics, and roles and functions of board members; Creating a board including size, composition, roles of VCs and independent directors, what to look for in a director, and how to recruit directors; Compensating, onboarding, removing directors, and suggestions on building a diverse board; Preparing for and running board meetings; The board's role in transactions including selling a company, buying a company, going public, and going out of business; Advice for independent and aspiring directors. 
Startup Boards draws on the authors' experience and includes stories from board members, startup founders, executives, and investors. Any CEO, board member, investor, or executive interested in creating an active, involved, and engaged board should read this book—and keep it handy for reference.\nFrom the Inside Flap\nIn the newly revised Second Edition of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, the authors, who are accomplished investors and entrepreneurs, deliver an incisive and accessible exploration of boards of directors. While aimed at CEOs and founders, it is equally helpful for investors and board members. In this edition, there is a new section specifically for anyone interested in becoming a board member. Finally, many of the concepts discussed apply to any board of directors, including boards of nonprofits and public companies. 
This book is divided into multiple sections covering various topics, from formation to company exit. It examines the board’s role during a company exit, be that in the form of a sale, initial public offering, or bankruptcy. It includes sidebars and text boxes from experienced board members that offer additional ideas and tips. The authors also provide new quantitative measures of boards across company stages to illustrate critical points. 
Startup Boards is a must-have resource for anyone involved with boards of directors in any capacity. CEOs will learn how to build and manage boards. Board members will find ways to be more effective. Aspiring board members will learn how to search out and find roles. Investors will discover ways to analyze the composition and strength of a company’s board. And students of entrepreneurship and business will enjoy a plentiful source of insight into the proper role and operation of a well-functioning board.\nFrom the Back Cover\n“Startup Boards shines at demystifying the startup boardroom. It provides readers with an insider’s account of board issues, dynamics, and challenges. By breaking down exactly what a board of directors does, what a board member is, what the job entails, and all the scenarios accompanying it, many executives—of all backgrounds—can start to see themselves in this role.” 
—From the Foreword by Jocelyn Mangan 
A board of directors evolves over the life of a company. Good boards become powerful assets for startup success. Over

Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors

Blumberg, Matt

Feld, Brad

An essential guide to understanding the dynamics of a startup's board of directorsLet’s face it, as founders and entrepreneurs, you have a lot on your plate—getting to your minimum viable product, developing customer interaction, hiring team members, and managing the accounts/books. Sooner or later, you have a board of directors, three to five (or even seven) Type A personalities who seek your attention, and at times will tell you what to do. While you might be hesitant to form a board, establishing an objective outside group is essential for startups, especially to keep you on track, call you out when you flail, and in some cases, save you from yourself.In Startup Boards, Brad Feld—a Boulder, Colorado, based entrepreneur turned venture capitalist—shares his experience in this area by talking about the importance of having the right board members on your team and how to manage them well. Along the way, he shares valuable insights on various aspects of the board, including how they can support you, help you understand your startup's milestones and get to them faster, and hold you accountable.• Details the process of choosing board members, including interviewing many people, checking references, and remembering that there should be no fear in rejecting a wrong fit• Explores the importance of running great meetings, mixing social time with business time, and much more• Recommends being a board member yourself at some other organization so you see the other side of the equationEngaging and informative, Startup Boards is a practical guide to one of the most important pieces of the startup puzzle.

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors

Management & Leadership

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