Resource Page for Teaching Venture Capital & Private Equity

Teaching Resources

Syllabi

• Fleischer, "Venture Capital & Private Equity" Fall 2006
  • The Theory Behind the Course
• Josh Lerner, Outline of Venture Capital and Private Equity (B-school)
• Jerome Engel, Venture Capital and Private Equity (B-School)

Teaching Cases

• HBS Cases
• Fleischer, Streetwatch
• Fleischer & Smith, Columbia Venture Partners - MedTech Inc.

Brad Feld

Term Sheet Series

• Price
• Liquidation Preference
• Board of Directors
• Protective Provisions
• Drag Along
• Anti-Dilution
• Pay-to-Play
• Dividends
• Redemption Rights
• Conversion
• Conditions Precedent to Financing
• Vesting
• Information Rights
• Registration Rights
• Right of First Refusal
• Voting Rights
• Employee Pool
• Restriction on Sales
• Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement
• Co-Sale Agreement
• Founders Activities
• Initial Public Offering Shares Purchase
• No Shop Agreement (also Unilateral or Serial Monogamy)
• Indemnification
• Assignment

Model Documents

NVCA Model VC Financing Docs

Casebooks

• Josh Lerner, Venture Capital and Private Equity (B-school)
• Jack Levin, Structure Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions

Academic Research

• Gordon Smith, Law & Entrepreneurship (blogpost on Conglomerate)
• Victor Fleischer, Teaching Venture Capital (blogpost on Conglomerate)
• Startup Review blog (short case studies)

Updated August 21st, 2006