Insights from Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Understand how to successfully navigate the venture capital fundraising process

What you’ll learn
Understand what venture capital is
Learn how to build your Total Addressable Market (TAM)
Discover and learn how to develop your Go To Market Strategy
Learn how to model your business
Requirements
This course is for intermediate learners
Description
With this book-based course, learn from best-seller Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor in bite-sized video lessons. In this course, entrepreneur, private equity investor and general manager David McNeill, a principal at thoughtLEADERS, LLC, will equip you with the information you need to successfully navigate the venture capital fundraising process. He will draw insights from the Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor. You will learn what VCs desire most in potential investments, you’ll be able to understand crucial mistakes to avoid, and you’ll discover a lot about the VC sources of financing, and better understand important term sheet details.Upskill with book-based courses by Emeritus InsightsNow get key insights from business best-sellers and autobiographies of world leaders such as Blitzscaling, The Art of War, Atomic Habits, The 4-Hour Workweek, The Lean Startup, Entrepreneurial You, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and others, within minutes.On Emeritus Insights you can build 50+ in-demand skills like leadership, communication, productivity, data science, business planning, marketing, negotiation, strategic thinking, and others to achieve your professional goals. Whether you are a business leader or on your way to becoming one, Emeritus Insights is your learning partner. Upskill, reskill and cross-skill with bite-sized video lessons to shape your success.

Overview

Section 1: Insights from Secrets of Sand Hill Road

Lecture 1 Understanding Venture Capital

Lecture 2 “Must haves” for VC investment

Lecture 3 Building your Total Addressable Market (TAM)

Lecture 4 Nailing the VC Pitch beyond “people, product and market”

Lecture 5 Go-To-Market Strategy

Lecture 6 Insights into Limited Partners (LPs)

Lecture 7 Understanding the LPs for Your Desired VCs

Lecture 8 Items to Get Right Early in Your Company’s Life

Lecture 9 Clean up Your Operating Agreement

Lecture 10 How Much Money to Raise and at What Valuation?

Lecture 11 Modeling Your Business

Lecture 12 Economic and Governance Term Sheet Details

Lecture 13 Getting Smart on Deal Terms, and Getting the Right Help

Lecture 14 Board of Director Details

Lecture 15 Implementing Good Board Discipline

Lecture 16 Activity 1

Lecture 17 Activity 2

Lecture 18 Activity 3

This course is for entrepreneurs looking to understand the venture capital process