Enterprise and Venture Capital: A Business Builder's and Investor's Handbook (Paperback)

This is a guide for people looking to build new businesses around bright ideas, and for investors awake to the opportunities offered by new business building. This is a revised and updated third edition of the book which sets out how to put venture capital to work. It discusses the fundamentals of business building, the sources of venture capital available and the steps involved in obtaining the appropriate financing, including the preparation of a business plan, the choice of a venture capitalist and negotiations with investors. The book concludes with advice to investors on how to invest venture capital wisely and how to manage a venture capital portfolio.