VENTURE FINANCING (Ten3 Mini-course): How To Raise Funds for Your Stat-up Venture

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Venture Financing

the only A-to-Z step-by-step entrepreneur's guide to Venture Financing

How to make your start-up venture attractive to venture capital investors and raise funds - fast!

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VENTURE FINANCING (Ten3 Mini-course): Step-by-Step Guide - How To Make Your Business Attractive to Venture Capital Investors

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Contents

1. Understanding the Venture Financing Chain

Venture Financing Chain

Case in Point: A Financial Chronology of Amazon.com

Start-Up Capital Formation Process

Providers of Finance Throughout the Evolution of an Entrepreneurial Firm

The Equity Gap

Pre-IPO Company Ownership (Examples)

Start-Up Business Success: 10 Steps

Realization of Financial Returns for VC Investor and Exit Strategies

2. Venture Capital Basics

Selecting Type of Finance: Debt of Equity?

Specific Features of the Venture Capital

Language of the Venture Capital

Venture Capital Funding Stages

Main Sources of Funds for Entrepreneurial Firms

Distribution of Venture Capitalist Exit Routes and Realized Gains

3. Understanding Venture Capital Investors

Differences Between Business Angels and Venture Capital Firms

Who Are Business Angels

Samples of Successful Business Angel Deals

Typical Angel Investments

The Pros and Cons of Business Angel Investments

Involvement of Business Angels in the Venture

VC-funded High-tech Start-ups: Probability of Success

Characteristics of VC Firms Most Important to Entrepreneurs

Growing Corporate Venture Investing

Dealing With Banks

4. Introducing Venture Opportunity To Investors

Venture Capitalists at the First Round Seek...

Key Documentation To Be Prepared By the Entrepreneur See the slide

How To Introduce Your Opportunity To a Venture Capital Company

Milestone-based Operations and Funding

Outline for Presentation to Investors

Start-Up Business Plan

Business Plan Review by VC Investors

5. Opportunity Evaluation By Investors

The Process and Success Rates

Specific Characteristics of Young Firms: an Investor's View

10 Most Important Investment Criteria

Aspects Leading to Rejecting an Investment Opportunity

What VC Firms Look For In a Business Plan

Due Diligence: Study Areas

Factors That Are Analyzed and Verified During Due Diligence

6. Negotiating and Structuring the Deal

Required Rate of Return for Different Business Stages

Ownership Required To Support a 30% Return

Valuating a Start-Up Company: 9 Typical Ways

Negotiations: Value Claiming vs. Value Creation

8 Key Elements of a Great Deal

Characteristics of Sensible Deals

For the vast majority of companies, having well-defined visions and mission statements changes nothing. The exercise of crafting them is a complete waste of time and talent if visions and mission statements are used for nothing but being published in the annual report and displayed in a reception area. To be able to energize employees to work towards corporate goals, visions and missions should be more than a sign on the wall. Executives and managers should live them, be seen living them, and constantly communicate them to their employees.

Vision

Vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization intends to become and to achieve at some point in the future, often stated in competitive terms. Vision refers to the category of intentions that are broad, all-intrusive and forward-thinking. It is the image that a business must have of its goals before it sets out to reach them. It describes aspirations for the future, without specifying the means that will be used to achieve those desired ends.

Mission Statement

A mission statement is an organization's vision translated into written form. It makes concrete the leader's view of the direction and purpose of the organization. For many corporate leaders it is a vital element in any attempt to motivate employees and to give them a sense of priorities

Setting Goals

The major outcome of strategic road-mapping and strategic planning, after gathering all necessary information, is the setting of goals for the organization based on its vision and mission statement. A goal is a long-range aim for a specific period. It must be specific and realistic. Long-range goals set through strategic planning are translated into activities that will ensure reaching the goal through operational planning.

Strategic Intent

A strategic intent is a company's vision of what it wants to achieve in the long term. It must convey a significant stretch for your company, a sense of direction, discovery, and opportunity that can be communicated as worthwhile to all employees. It should not focus so much on today's problems but rather on tomorrow's opportunities.