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Indexes by Topic . . . The following indexes organize the book's content by subject matter in these categories: The Venture Capital Arena and Its Players Attracting the Right Investor The Deal and Its Structure Growth Company Valuation The Company's Securities Keeping Employees and Protecting the Future The Venture Capital Arena and Its Players Adventure Capitalists Angels BDCs (Business Development Centers) Brokers CDCs (Community Development Centers) Consultants Corporate Venture Capital CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) Deal Deal Breakers Deal Flow Emerging Growth Companies Entrepreneur Factoring Finders Franchising Going Public High Tech Incubators Inventory Financing Investment Bankers Investors IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) Lawyers Lead Investor Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Licensing Limited Partnerships Management Team Mezzanine Financing NASBIC (National Association of Small Business Investment Companies) National Venture Capital Association Packages Penny Stock Pool Private Placements R& D Partnerships Receivables Financing Restricted Securities Risk Capital SBA (Small Business Administration) SBICs (Small Business Investment Companies) SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) S Corporations SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Seed Capital Specialty Funds SSBICs (Specialty Small Business Companies) Stage Financing Start-Up Capital Sweat Equity Syndications Technology Development Centers 33 Act Turnarounds Underwriters Unit Offerings Venture Capital Venture Capitalists Venture Capital Conferences Windows Attracting the Right Investor Bargain Stock Brokers Business Plan Business Plan Format Commitment Commitment Letters Consultants Consulting Agreements CPAs (Certified Public Accountants) Deal Flow Directors' Indemnities Due Diligence Emerging Growth Companies Entrepreneur Ethics Exits Finders Five Factors Forecasts Geezer Geeks Geography High Tech Incubators Life Style Companies Management Team Market Research Negotiation Packages Projections Reports and Records Shopping Software Protection Summary Three Questions Track Record Venture Capital Clubs Venture Capital Conferences Windows Zeal The Deal and Its Structure Affirmative Covenants Antidilution Provisions Beads and Trinkets Boilerplate Blank Check Preferred Bridge Loans Buy-Sell Agreements Calls Cashing Out (or In) Collateral Commitment Commitment Letters Compensation and Bonus Plans Confidentiality Agreements Consulting Agreements Control Convertible Debentures Convertible Preferred Stock Convertible Securities Co-Sale Agreements Cure Periods Deal Deal Breakers Deal Structure Debentures Debt Service Default Demand Rights Dilution (Percentage) Dilution (Value) Downside Drag Along Agreements Earnouts Earnups 83(b) Elections Equity Equity Kickers Equity Penalties Exits Financing Agreements First Refusal Rights (Company) First Refusal Rights (Shareholder) Flip Follow-On Funding Forecasts Fully Diluted Golden Rule Investment Memorandums Investment Reps Investor Rights Agreements Joint Ventures Key Man Insurance K.I.S.S. Letter Agreements Letters of Intent Leverage Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Limited Partnerships Liquidity Agreements LLC's (Limited Liability Companies) Management Agreements Negative Covenants Negotiation Noncompete Agreements Nonrecourse Debt Off Balance Sheet Financing Offering Memos Operating Covenants Opinion Letters Options Participating Preferred P/E Personal Guarantees Piggyback Rights Preemptive Rights Preferred Stock Preferred Stock Umbrellas Price-Earnings Ratio Pricing Projections Promissory Notes Prospectus Puts R & D Partnerships Ratchets Reg D Registration Rights Registration Rights Agreements Reports and Records Reps and Warranties Restricted Securities Revenue Participations ROI (Return on Investment) Safe Harbors S Corporations Secrecy Agreements Shareholders'Agreements Spin Outs Subordinated Convertible Debentures Stage Financing Start-Up Capital Structure Subordinated Debt Take Out Funding Tag Along Provisions Take Away Provisions 10b5 Term Sheet Unit Offerings Unlocking Provisions Unvested Stock Upside Value Added Venture Capital Deal Structures Vesting Schedules Voting Agreements Voting Trusts Warrants We Always Do It This Way Weighted Average Antidilution We Never Exercise Our Rights under This Section Growth Company Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Market Price Method P/E Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Price-Earnings Ratio Pricing ROI (Return on Investment) The Company's Securities Bargain Stock Blue Sky Laws Cheap Stock Convertible Debentures Convertible Preferred Stock Convertible Securities Cumulative Voting Debentures 83(b) Elections Equity Going Public Integration Investment Reps IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) ISOs (Incentive Stock Options) Junior Common Stock Legend Stock P/E Options Participating Preferred Penny Stock Phantom Stock Plans Preferred Stock Preferred Stock Umbrellas Price-Earnings Ratio Pricing Private Placements Prospectus Public Offerings Reg D Registration Rights Restricted Securities SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Sweat Equity 10b5 33 Act Unit Offerings Warrants Keeping Employees and Protecting the Future Compensation and Bonus Plans Confidentiality Agreements Copyrights 83(b) Elections Employment Contracts Golden Handcuffs ISOs (Incentive Stock Options) Joint Ventures Management Agreements Noncompete Agreements Patents P/E Performance Options Phantom Stock Plans Qualified Stock Plans Secrecy Agreements Shareholders' Agreements Software Protection Think Capital Trademarks Trade Secrets Unvested Stock Vested Stock Vesting Stock Grants Vesting Schedules