Venture Capital Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Venture Capital Revised
Author: David Gladstone, Laura Gladstone
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ISBN: 0130654930
Publisher: Prentice Hall (15 October, 2001)
Sales Rank: 184,387
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Insightful!
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 and 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 and 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.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Not Impressed
I was required to use this book for a course on VC in my MBA program, and I found overly wordy and not very precise in its advice. It is less of a handbook and more of a treatise. If you are looking for a direct and clear scoop on raising venture capital, this isn't the book for you. If you have been trying for some time and want to get a deep peek into the minds of the VC's out there, this could work if you had the time to wade through it.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Grammar Errors and Gross Generalizations
This book is an unfortunate product of poor editing, lackluster writing, and inexcusable slip-ups. Although I am not knowledgeable about Venture Capital, I assume most of its readers approach the book with similar backgrounds: a keen knowledge of English. Finding three errors in the first three pages left me questioning the value of the actual content.Although the book may contain some valid points about venture capital, it is in no way a "good book" and I would strongly recommend readers look elsewhere for their beginnings in seeking venture capital. (And I recommend the editors learn the difference between "then" and "than"!)
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