Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

<b>Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship</b> stems from a realization that private equity overall – defined in this volume as venture capital and buyouts but excluding hedge funds – has become a vastly more sizable and influential part of the global economic landscape over the past two decades. <p>The text explores the world of active investing and showcases ways of doing business in a clear and concise manner. With more than 60 years of combined experience as practitioners in and/or academic investigators of private equity, <b>Lerner, Leamon, and Hardymon</b> explain how the fascinating world of private equity works, from start to finish, how it creates value, and where it may destroy value.</p>