Entrepreneurial Finance: For New and Emerging Businesses
March 23, 2010 by VC-List.com · 3 Comments
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This text covers the process of starting a business, raising capital, managing the finances of the business throughout its growth, and ultimately cashing out of the business. The book is very practical, providing real-world advice and information sought by those who want to start their own businesses. Stancill’s text sticks to the nuts and bolts of managing the finances of a start-up or small business.
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Guts and Borrowed Money: Straight Talk for Starting and Growing Your Small Business
March 23, 2010 by VC-List.com · 5 Comments
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This indispensable guide gives busy, small entrepreneurs the edge they need.
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Fool’s Gold?: The Truth Behind Angel Investing in America
March 23, 2010 by VC-List.com · 5 Comments
- ISBN13: 9780195331080
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The stereotype of the “angel investor” is a retired wealthy entrepreneur who sees potential, asks tough questions, takes a large stake, and in a few years makes a massive return in an IPO. This outsider fills the gap between the venture capitalist and the professional investor, swooping in with cash and expertise to bring dreams to fruition.
Unfortunately, Shane observes, this figure bears no relationship to reality. In Fool’s Gold, he draws on hard data from the Federal Reserve and other sources to paint the first reliable group portrait of the lionized angel investors. Surprisingly, he finds that they are fewer, contribute less, and involve themselves in fewer start-ups than the conventional wisdom suggests. Most angels typically still have their day jobs, make investments of $10,000 or less, and take little or no role in assisting entrepreneurs build their companies. Few of the companies they put money into arrive at IPOs, let alone massive returns. But angels can play a critical role, he writes, if the fantasy is abandoned by all concerned. Drawing on his rich store of data, Shane offers recommendations to entrepreneurs and angels alike for the most productive use of angel investing, and suggests how policymakers can encourage it. Particularly promising are angel groups, which pool knowledge and money for wiser and more productive investments. In groups, angels can rely on each other’s expertise, share the labor of performing due diligence, and generally insure that their money is being placed–and used–wisely. Fostering the formation of such groups may be the single most important thing that government can do to boost angel investing.
Massively researched and briskly written, Fools’ Gold offers the first real resource on this misunderstood aspect of our entrepreneurial system.
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The Star Principle: How It Can Make You Rich
March 23, 2010 by VC-List.com · 3 Comments
- ISBN13: 9780749928407
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Star business are start-up companies that operate in high-growth areas and quickly become market leaders. In this essential business guide, acclaimed entrepreneur Richard Koch demonstrates the secrets behind riding star businesses to success. Information is provided both on how to establish a star business and on how to invest in and profit from existing companies that are bound for growth. Warnings on avoiding false stars is also included, along with a number of examples of how existing companies established themselves as industry leaders.
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Private Equity: Transforming Public Stock Into Private Equity to Create Value
March 23, 2010 by VC-List.com · 1 Comment
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Praise for Private Equity
“Harold Bierman has blended an excellent mix of important principles with real case study examples for a better understanding on a rather sophisticated finance subject.”
–Edward M. Dudley, Vice President & General Auditor, ABB Americas
“The role of private equity firms in financing buyouts as well as providing growth capital has expanded significantly in the past decade. In a clear, concise way, Harold Bierman provides a timely and astute analysis of the virtues of private equity as well as creative quantitative methodologies that are applicable to real-life transactions. This book should become essential reading for investors, intermediaries, financial advisors and the management of private, almost private, or soon-to-be private firms.”
–James A. Rowan Jr., Managing Director, Investment Banking
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
“As the private equity asset class has grown to over $300 billion in the last three years, Bierman analyzes the fundamentals behind the investment decisions of this increasingly important sector. Once completing the book, you will understand the fundamental analytical framework underlying private equity investment.”
–Peter Nolan, Partner, Leonard Green and Partners
“In looking at the private equity arena, Professor Bierman has brought together a diverse group of metrics and valuation formulas into a single text. The book provides a valuable combination of academic theory and real-life case studies. It provides many insights.”
–Peter H. Vogel, Vice President, MeadWestvaco Corporation
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