The masters of private equity and venture capital : management lessons from the pioneers of private investing / Robert A. Finkel with David Greising

Author:: Finkel, Robert A.
Published:: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Physical Description:: x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Greising, David, 1960-

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Contents:

Method over magic: the drivers behind private-equity performance / Steven N. Kaplan -- Operating profits: using an operating perspective to achieve success / Joseph L. Rice -- Skin in the Game: investing in service businesses / F. Warren Hellman -- The partnership paradigm: working with management to build toward success / Carl D. Thoma -- Beyond the balance sheet: applying private-equity techniques to not-for-profit work / Jeffrey Walker -- The inside game: managing a firm through change after change / John A. Canning -- The entrepreneur and the venture capitalist / Garth Saloner -- Pioneer investing: taking venture capital from Silicon Valley to Bangalore and beyond / William H. Draper -- Change for the better: managing for profit as markets and technology change / C. Richard Kramlich -- Beyond the ivory tower: taking laboratory research to market / Steven Lazarus -- Fostering innovation: people, practices, and products make new markets / Franklin "Pitch" Johnson -- Risk, then reward: managing venture investment in Russia / Patricia M. Cloherty -- Checklist for evaluating investment opportunities / Franklin "Pitch" Johnson -- Guidelines for transforming research into commerce / Steven Lazarus -- What we want in a CEO / Joseph L. Rice -- Portfolio company valuation template / Patricia M. Cloherty -- "Waterfall analysis": the stress test for potential portfolio company / John A. Canning -- Managing director selection criteria / John A. Canning -- Performance metrics for Millennium Villages / Jeffrey Walker -- "Carlisms": key practices for private-equity investors / Carl D. Thoma.

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9780071624602 (alk. paper)
0071624600 (alk. paper)

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Includes index.

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