Venture Capital Investing: The Complete Handbook for Investing in Private Businesses for Outstanding Profits

About this book

In his classic bestseller Venture Capital Handbook leading venture capitalist David Gladstone showed thousands of companies how to get funding and work with early stage investors. Now in his revision of the classic Venture Capital Investing he looks at venture capital through the eyes of the investor. Gladstone shows all of you VC investors and angels exactly how to weed through scores of business proposals and find the gem that will deliver outstanding returns especially in these soft economic times. You will learn what to look for in a business proposition; how to assess entrepreneurs and their management teams; how to evaluate financial statements market niches competitive environments and product innovations; how to investigate a business thats already operating; and how to build effective partnerships with existing portfolio companies.