Week 8 (Final week!) Reading for the Business of Entrepreneurship (LAWS 61702)

Week 8 (May 19)

Topics: IPOs. Hypotheticals from the course material. Course wrap up. Improvements for next year.

Readings: Available for free on the web, with links to them here (remember to read the comments of the blog posts): http://del.icio.us/jrodkin/laws61702 :

• “How IPOs Work” – short article at Briefing.com
• “VC Cliché of the Week – Back Door IPO”– blog post by Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures

Week 7 Reading for The Business of Entrepreneurship (LAWS 61702)

Section 3 – Exiting a business

Week 7 (May 12)

Topics: Exiting through acquisition.

Readings: Available for free on the web, with links to them here (remember to read the comments of the blog posts): http://del.icio.us/jrodkin/laws61702 :

• “No Exit: When Venture Capital Isn’t Right” – blog post by Tim Oren, Pacifica Fund.
• “Merger and Acquisition Due Diligence – What to Expect” – blog post at Ask the VC (Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson)
• “How Do You Plan for M&A?” – blog post at Ask the VC by Will Price, formerly of Hummer Winblad, now CEO of Widgetbox
• “The Top Ten Commandments of Venture M&A” – blog post by Bill Burnham, Inductive Capital
• Flyswat Summary of Transaction Terms
• Flyswat LOI