February 2013
Beginner
220 pages
8h 58m
English
book
Start-Up Guide for the Technopreneur: Financial Planning, Decision Making and Negotiating from Incubation to Exit, + Website
by David Shelters
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Index
Accountability
board of directors
corporate governance
and crisis management
employees
financial decision-making
management
negotiations
Acquisitions
and capital structure
exit strategy
strategic buyers
ACRE (availability, cost, risk, and effect) charts
Adaptability
Alignment of expectations
Alignment of interests
and centers of influence
and financial decision-making
investors
Alliances and financial decision-making
Alpha/beta testing
Angel investors
Antidilution provisions
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
Asset-based valuation models
Authority
board of directors
financial decision-making
management
negotiations
“Bad money”
Balance of power
Balance sheet
Bank loan guarantees
Bankruptcy
Banks. See also Debt funding; Factoring; Investment banks and bankers
Board of advisors
Board of directors
accountability to shareholders
control issues
and corporate governance
debt holders as members of
election of
ethical behavior
financial decision-making
investor control issues
member qualifications
membership, negotiating
membership as negotiating point
responsibilities to shareholders
role of
size of
as stakeholders
supervisory authority
Budgeting
Burn rate
Business planning. See also Business plans
and control issues
exit strategy. See also Exit strategy
financial planning. See also Financial planning
Business plans
about, App. C
company objectives
contents of, overview
current positioning/traction
customizing
defined problem and solution section
drafting, rules of thumb for
executive summary ...
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