The topic of entrepreneurial finance involves many issues including but not limited to the risks and returns to being an entrepreneur, financial contracting, business planning, capital gaps and the availability of capital, and market booms and busts. This handbook provides a comprehensive...

A Practical Guide for Startup Valuation - An Analytic Approach -- introduction to startup valuation: from idea to ipo -- From Planning to Valuation: Mastering Business Planning and Sensitivity Analysis for Your Startup -- Valuation versus Pricing: A conceptual and practical guide to estimate...

Alternative Eigenkapitalquellen gefunden. Wenig Eigenkapital oder eine ungeregelte Nachfolge verschließen oft die Tür zum klassischen Bankkredit. Der Ausweg: die Aufnahme eines institutionellen Finanzinvestors. Welche Entwicklungschancen bieten sich mittelständischen Unternehmen? Was erwartet...

In late 2017, DuraTable received a number of unsolicited inquiries regarding its interest in selling out in a going private transaction, mostly from private equity firms. Since the chairman of the board and founder, Gary Reynolds, was approaching retirement age and the largest single shareholder...

Aufgrund der geringen Eigenkapitalausstattung junger, innovativer und schnell wachsender Unternehmen und erheblicher Unsicherheiten hinsichtlich des Erfolgs der geplanten Investitionen scheidet eine Finanzierung mittels Fremdkapital oftmals aus oder erfolgt nicht in dem Umfang, den die...

The paper deals with the analysis of causal effects of venture capital finance for start-ups founded between 1991 and 1998 in Germany. The number of venture-backed firms is based on the identification of involvements of venture capitalists in firms. All venture capital companies are considered,...