A comprehensive handbook to the financial decisions that founders of technology companies must make, strengthened by a...
A guide to the financial aspects of entrepreneurship, both personal and corporate.
In this debut business book, Franklin draws heavily on interviews with veteran entrepreneurs willing to share the lessons they’ve learned. She also makes use of her own accounting and financial planning background to explore the areas entrepreneurs need to consider as they attempt to expand their businesses. The book breaks entrepreneurship into a three-phase cycle, from the initial idea to realizing the dream. Much of Franklin’s advice is focused on the “liquidity event,” the merger, acquisition or IPO that generally means a significant windfall for the founder. The book guides readers through the financial structures of such events, explaining both the contractual restrictions, e.g., stock vesting, as well as the tax implications of the large payouts. The extended sidebars and the main narrative incorporate advice from experienced entrepreneurs, some of whom have founded and sold multiple companies, as they share both their mistakes and their successes. The book’s audience is a relatively narrow one: Franklin restricts her discussion to technology companies, nearly all in the Silicon Valley area, and there are frequent references to entrepreneurs’ tendencies to work long days for little initial pay, driven by passion and/or the expectation of an eventual financial return. Readers who don’t fall into those categories might see limited value in the book. But those in the early stages of their own startups will find the book a useful tool, with its discussion of everything from key points to cover in negotiations with venture capitalists to reasons why founders should diversify their holdings as soon as they are able to begin selling the stock they hold in their companies.
A comprehensive handbook to the financial decisions that founders of technology companies must make, strengthened by a knowledgeable author and extensive expert interviews.Pub Date: June 26, 2014
ISBN: 978-0991617227
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Rubydon Press
Review Posted Online: Sept. 15, 2014
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 2014
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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