Contents
[Preface]
1 Introduction to Start-Ups and Their Funding
2 Historical Overview
3 The Process of Forming the Company
4 Getting Started Legally
5 Preparing the Business Plan
6 The Team
7 Ownership, Dilution, Negotiation, and Valuation
8 Personal Rewards and Costs
9 Venture Capitalists
10 Leasing as a Source of Capital
11 Bankers and Bootstraps as Funding Sources
12 Angels and Other Sources of Venture Capital
13 Wall Street and the Initial Public Offering
14 Mergers, Spinouts, and Corporate Venture Capital
Appendixes
A. Saratoga Venture Tables
B. Resources for the Entrepreneur
C. Three Venture Capital Firms Describe Themselves
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Chapter One
Introduction to Start-Ups and Their Funding
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