December 2012
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272 pages
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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, 2nd Edition
by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson, Dick Costolo
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Index
Accelerators, 217
Accredited investors, 9, 182–183
Acquisition, 157
Adverse change redemption, 76–77
Advisers, 13
American Research and Development Corporation (AR&D), 1–2
Analysts, 7
Anderson, Harlan, 1
Angel websites, 217
Antidilution clause, 55–59, 193
Applicable federal rates (AFRs), 105
Ask the VC (website), xvi, 217–218
Associates, 7
At-will employee, 181
Automatic conversion, 70–71, 192–193
Automatic dividends, 75
Basis of stock options, 166–167
Best alternative to a negotiating agreement (BATNA), 39, 139
Board of directors, 61–63, 194–195
Breakup fee, 175
Bridge loans, 38, 111. See also Convertible debt
Broad-based provisions, 57
Burning Door Networked Media, xi
Capitalization (cap) table, 7, 54, 95–97, 96, 190
Carried interest (carry), 120–122
Chief executive officer (CEO), board member as, 62
Closing, conditions to, 172–173
Commitment period, 119, 122–123
Compensation of venture capitalists
carried interest (carry), 120–122
expense reimbursement, 120
Conditions precedent to financing, 77–79, 207
Confidentiality agreements, 170–171
Consideration, form of, 163–164
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