15.431 | Spring 2011 | Graduate

Entrepreneurial Finance

Lecture Notes

Selected lecture notes are available below.

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1 Introduction and overview of entrepreneurial finance  
2 DermaCare  
Business Valuation
3 Discounted cash flow (DCF) and the venture capital method (PDF)
4 Netflix  
5 Real option valuation (PDF)
6 Real option valuation (cont.)  
Deal Structure
7 Genzyme/Geltex  
8 Deal structure (PDF)
9 Walnut Venture Associates (A) and (D)  
10 Deal structure (cont.) (PDF)
11 Guest: John H. Chory (Partner, WilmerHale Venture Group)  
12 Metapath  
Team Sheet Negotiation
13 BNI Video
Guests: Conrad Clemson (Founder and CEO, BNI Video) and Carl Stjernfeldt (General Partner, Castile Ventures)
 
14 BNI Video
Guest: Carl Stjernfeldt (General Partner, Castile Ventures)
 
Venture Capital Funds
15 Guest: Dr. William Janeway (Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus)  
16 Portfolio and partnership
Guest: Carl Stjernfeldt (General Partner, Castile Ventures)
 
17 VC Vignettes
Guest: Carl Stjernfeldt (General Partner, Castile Ventures)
 
18 Grove Street Advisors - September 2009
Guest: Christopher E. Yang (General Partner, Grove Street Advisors)
 
19 Forte Ventures  
Exit
20 Initial public offering (IPO)
Guest: Michael Szeto (Managing Director of Private Equity, WR Hambrecht)
(PDF - 1.0MB) (Courtesy of Michael Szeto. Used with permission.)
21 Grand Junction
Guest: Michael Szeto (Managing Director of Private Equity, WR Hambrecht)
(PDF) (Courtesy of Michael Szeto. Used with permission.)
22 Blackstone  
23 Final review (PDF)

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