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Venture Management Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Practical Guide to Stock, Finance and Contracts
by Cliff Conneighton
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Venturebooks (2002-08-20)
ISBN: 0972167102
EAN: 9780972167109
Dewy Decimal #: 650
Paperback: 368 pages
SKU: 081003012
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This First Edition, First Printing, with number line 1-5, is in very good condition. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. No Dust Jacket. Clean Soft Cover with light shelf/edge wear. Great Handbook, worth having at an affordable price. (L11-3)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The brand new, highly-acclaimed Venture Management Handbook tells an entrepreneur or the management team of any company how to raise money, avoid trouble and manage to profitability -- even in the post-crash, post-Enron economy. And at the end of the day, make sure there is something left for themselves. Sample topics include:
• Valuations
• VC terms and preferences
• VC structure – exactly how they make money
• Business plans for you and for VCs
• Accounting 101 for a manager (not an accountant)
• Accurate sales forecasting
• What executives need to know about accounting
• Cash flow forecasting, management and reporting
• Deciding what to measure
• How to work with investment banks
• Protect your precious cash from crafty creditors
• Good vendor contract terms
• Convertible notes and bridge loans
• Borrowing on assets or receivables
• What to do when things start going bad
• Controlled bankruptcy and reorganization
• How to structure sales agreements to ensure you get paid
• How to choose the right lawyer – and get the most from them while paying the least
• Dividing the spoils in a merger or acquisition
• How to avoid employee lawsuits
• When can investors demand their money back?
• Options, warrants, ISOs, your personal income tax
• Revenue recognition – what Enron, Xerox and WorldCom did wrong -- how to stay out of trouble
• Avoid personal responsibility for the debts of your corporation -- if you're not careful, you may NOT have a corporate shield
• and much, much more
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Customer Reviews
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Precise information, exactly what an entrepreneur needs
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-09-12
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have read a few books on how to do startups, but no other book came close to explaining the concepts in as precise a manner as this book does. While other books talk about concepts like equity sharing and common and preferred shares in a general sense, this book gives exact definitions and examples.The best book for an entrepreneur who dreams of raising money and taking his enterprise to places!
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Finally a venture book for the rest of us
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-02-05
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The rest of us not being financiers, accountants or lawyers!I opened the book expecting another of the usual business help books. The ones that spend half the book telling you why you should read it and the second half trying to sell the next in the series. This book is different. Venture Management Handbook gets right to the point on every subject and is entirely written for the totally uninformed yet driven entrepreneur. I'm only a quarter through, and with skipping to subjects I need now, I may not ever actually finish. But, who ever finishes a reference book, and Venture Management Handbook will surely find its way to the reference shelf of your local library.
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Most relevant and referenced book on my shelf
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-01-21
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is fantastic. Compared to numerous other business school and do-it-yourself books I own, this book is hands-down the most relevant and referenced on my shelf.
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Without a doubt, the best book on software startups
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-12-04
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Thanks for taking the time to compile such a great resource. You've done a great job and I appreciate the honest, real world, advice. You cover all the things that I didn't learn in business school...and in a thoughtful, approachable style. Without a doubt, the best book on software startups that I have ever encountered. Each chapter is immediately useful, practical, and concise. Thanks for all of the help and for sharing your experience and thoughts. Super! Peyton
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Clearly written & nicely organized
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-11-10
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Venture Management Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Practical Guide To Stock, Finance And Contracts by entrepreneur Cliff Conneighton's is a clearly written, nicely organized, experienced based, informative instructional guide to the often complex and confusing subject of financing business ventures. Conneighton's Venture Management Handbook is a very highly recommended, complete-in-one-volume, "user friendly" reference.
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