Essentials of Venture Capital: 52 (Essentials Series) Paperback – Import, 9 November 2010

Had to buy copies as it was required reading for the school library(not my ambit nor specialty). Perused one, then, found myself reading the whole thing. The title is right: it is Essential. I recommend this for anyone who plans to venture into business.

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This as an excellent basic introduction to venture capital. As a layperson, until reading this book I had conflated venture capital with what Haislip calls "angel investing." In  The Summer of a Thousand Cheeses  we had addressed the problem beginning cheesemakers have in raising capital, and we felt that venture capitalists might well be the answer. We now know that venture capital is a much more formal and mainstream activity than we had believed. After clearing the air of such confusion in the opening chapter, Haislip goes on to address the primary issues affecting venture capital in a systematic and easily understood way. People already in the field will probably find little new in this book, but students seeking a basic background and persons wishing to know more about this kind of investing will find much of interest in it. The Summer of a Thousand Cheeses

Really enjoyed this book. It's brilliant for anyone who's trying to raise funding for a startup and how the funding landscape works. Most importantly, it's hugely actionable, you go into meetings about funding much more comfortable as it demystifies the process and lets you as the start-up person understand the objectives and goals of the funding bodies.It's surprisingly well written and is instructive rather than most of the other books I've read in this space which are a VC writing about how wonderful their success story it.

This is exactly what it promises to be: a good introduction that covers all the basics. Very quick and easy read, well organized, clear. Could probably use an update though.