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DEDICATION

To my entrepreneurial father
F. William Richardson
(1922-1983)
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Copyright Ó 1987-2000 by Clinton Richardson
All Worldwide Rights Reserved

Portions first published in The Venture Magazine Complete Guide To Venture Capital (1987) and in The Growth Company Guide to Investors, Deal Structures and Legal Strategies (1993), both by the author. Available online at growCo.com since 1995.

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