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mindcrime · 2014-03-19 · Original thread
http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalis...

http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VC-Game-Venture-Start-up/dp/...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Startup-Game-Partnership-Entrepren...

http://www.amazon.com/Term-Sheets-Valuations-Intricacies-Big...

http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Capitalists-Work-Billion-Dolla...

http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Venture-Capital-Serious-Entrep...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Start-Time-Tested-Battle-Harde...

I believe any one or more of those will get you going in the right direction. All of those I've either read, or have seen recommended highly enough by people I trust, that I feel comfortable recommending them. The Guy Kawasaki book is a good, basic introduction to starting a startup, although it's a little old now. I think most of it is still relevant though.

A lot of this stuff is probably on the 'net as well, but you may have to dig around for it a bit. Quora has a lot of good questions (and good answers) on VC / startup topics, so that might be worth a look. Also, a number of high profile VCs maintain blogs where they share a lot of useful information. Mark Suster comes to mind (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/) and does Brad Feld (http://www.feld.com/wp/). Note that Brad Feld is the author of one of the above books.

mindcrime · 2012-04-04 · Original thread
Guy Kawasaki - The Art of the Start - http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Start-Time-Tested-Battle-Harde...

Brad Feld - Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist - http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Deals-Smarter-Lawyer-Capitalis...

Dermot Berkery - Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur - http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Venture-Capital-Serious-Entrep...

Jeffrey Bussgang - Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms - http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-VC-Game-Venture-Start-up/dp/...

William Draper - The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs - http://www.amazon.com/The-Startup-Game-Partnership-Entrepren...

ochiba · 2009-05-09 · Original thread
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur is probably the most useful book I've yet read when it comes to startups. Topics covered: Financing maps; Cash flow and risk of early stage ventures; how much capital raise and what to spend it on; getting behind how VCs think (really informative), business plans, valuation of early stage ventures, term sheets, splitting rewards, allocating control, aligning interests (options, vesting, noncompete, IP, etc.).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071496025

I've read Founders plus a couple of other titles on the subject, but this one really stood out.

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