From Concept To Wall Street

"From Concept to Wall Street" is the definitive guide to the new realities of venture capital. Two leading experts in venture-backed entrepreneurship offer start-to-finish coverage of the entire process: planning, teambuilding, protecting intellectual property, identifying and negotiating funding, and managing to - and through - IPOs or M+As. Drawing on immense personal experience - and the lessons of recent years - Dr. Oren Fuerst and Dr. Uri Geiger offer a complete roadmap for entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors in every VC-funded industry.

What you must know to succeed with venture capital, right now -- and going forward

-- Expert guidance for both sides of the table: entrepreneur and investor

-- Covers the entire venture lifecycle: creation, capital raising, listing, acquisition, or dissolution.

-- In-depth coverage of valuation, contractual arrangements, managing VC funded organizations, and other crucial issues.

In From Concept to Wall Street, two of the world's leading experts in venture-backed entrepreneurship offer a start-to-finish guide to the entire process: starting new companies, identifying and negotiating funding, and managing to -- and through -- IPOs or M&As. Oren Furst and Uri Geiger offer a complete roadmap for both investors and entrepreneurs. They begin with detailed guidance on the startup process: evaluating ideas, assembling initial teams, establishing companies, defining strategies, recruiting key employees, registering intellectual property, and more. Next, they review the startup's cash requirements and potential sources of capital, and walk through the process of capital raising, with a close look at valuation, and at the typical contractual arrangements between funders and entrepreneurs. The book includes a full section on venture capital entities and institutions, then presents in-depth coverage of IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and even dissolution of failed enterprises.