Are you an entrepreneur who’s looking for funding? Bank lending is at its lowest - so where do you go for finance? Or maybe you have already raised money for your company and are finding the relationship with your investors less cosy than you hoped. And before you take the irreversible step of selling part of your business, read this book. Angels, Dragons and Vultures by Simon Acland, a veteran investor and entrepreneur, with over 20 years’ experience and 25 board seats under his belt, guides readers through both sides of the industry. Packed with hard-hitting statistics, and real life examples, this book gives capital advice to entrepreneurs to help them through the funding maze.
In this provocative new book, entrepreneurs can discover how venture capitalists run their own businesses and the pressures they are under. Find out what you can really expect from them, and how to manage them to get the best result. Chart your way through to a successful exit, not the disappointment of losing your business.
“A helpful, expert and practical guide for those risking the world of venture capital funding. Full of excellent advice.” - Tim Waterstone
"Raising investment for your business can be a tricky task. Simon's book 'Angels, Dragons and Vultures' charts the challenges in a way that is down to earth, readable and often humorous. If you are looking to expand your business or planning to set one up, this is well worth a read." Sir Richard Branson
Angels, Dragons and Vultures draws on the author’s extensive experience of mistakes made by entrepreneurs – some of their own making, and some into which they were cajoled by their investors. In witty and sardonic style, Simon Acland shares the lessons of these mistakes and his personal experience to help other entrepreneurs gain investment and professional assistance that is both lucrative and emotionally satisfying.
In Angels, Dragons and Vultures we find out about different types of investor and what you can expect from them:
• An Angel invests his or her own money as venture capital in a business.
• A Vulture hopes to earn enough out of making venture capital investments with other people’s money to become as rich as an Angel.
• A Dragon is an Angel with such a thirst for publicity that he or she enjoys exposing him or herself on television.
About the author: Simon Acland worked as a venture capitalist for over 20 years. He was managing director of Quester, one of the UK’s most active early-stage technology investors with more than £250 million under management, and non-executive director of 25 companies in its portfolio. He has been involved with many successful trade sales and flotations; he has also experienced failures and learned from them. A long-standing member of the British Venture Capital Association’s Technology Committee, he was also a Director of the British Business Angels’ Association.
"Simon Acland has written an Insider's Guide to the opaque and much sought after world of venture capital. 'Angels, Dragons and Vultures' decodes the industry and offers sound advice for those who will engage with it" - Julie Meyer, Founder of Entrepreneur Country, CEO of Ariadne Capital, and a Dragon on the BBC's Dragon's Den Online.
Order 'Angels, Dragons and Vultures - how to tame your investors...and not lose your company' at
www.venture-capital-advice.com
and through Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Angels-Dragons-Vultures-Investors-Entrepreneurs/dp/1857885511/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285684139&sr=1-1
Title: Angels, Dragons and Vultures: How to Tame the Venture Capital Beasts... And Not Lose Your Company
Author: Simon Acland
ISBN: 9781857885514
Publication date: 14 October 2010
Price: £16.99
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