Audiobooks by Jason Mendelson

How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success

"Transform your legal education into a successful and fulfilling legal career In How to Be a Lawyer, a team of veteran lawyers and entrepreneurs delivers an eye-opening discussion of how to translate your years of training and education into a running start in the world of practice. The book bridges the gap between law school and practice, whether you hope to be a big firm transactional attorney, a solo criminal lawyer, work for the government or any other legal profession. You'll discover how you can use what you learned in law school and how you can develop the real skills you'll need as you deal with clients and colleagues. The authors explain what your professors won't tell you in law school and what employers and clients will actually expect from you. You'll also find: case studies and guest chapters describing the transition to major areas of law and how it can and should affect your law school decision making; expert advice on making your first job a successful one; guidance on how to avoid the most common career pitfalls and client mistakes; and unfiltered opinions from clients about what they really think about lawyers. An ideal resource for aspiring and current law students and early career lawyers, How to Be a Lawyer is the practical blueprint you need to build your legal career from scratch."

Alex Paul, Jason Mendelson (Author), Angela Juarez, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Paul Bellantoni (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Cómo cerrar rondas de financiación con éxito: una guia practica para operaciones de capi

"A medida que cada nueva generación de emprendedores emerge, existe un renovado interés en cómo se unen los acuerdos de capital de riesgo. Sin embargo, realmente no hay una guía definitiva para los acuerdos de capital de riesgo. Nadie entiende esto mejor que los autores Brad Feld y Jason Mendelson. Durante más de diecisiete años, han estado involucrados en cientos de financiamientos de capital de riesgo, y ahora, con Venture Deals, comparten sus experiencias en este campo con usted. Inspirado en una serie de entradas de blog - creadas por los autores después de un acuerdo particularmente desafiante - este recurso confiable desmitifica el proceso de financiación de capital de riesgo y le ayuda a obtener una perspectiva práctica de esta disciplina dinámica. Ya seas un empresario, capitalista de riesgo o abogado experimentado o aspirante que participe en este tipo de acuerdos en particular, puedes beneficiarte de las ideas que se encuentran a lo largo de este libro. Atractivo e informativo, Venture Deals describe hábilmente los elementos esenciales de la hoja de términos de capital de riesgo, desde términos relacionados con la economía hasta términos relacionados con el control. Feld y Mendelson se esfuerzan por dar una visión equilibrada de los términos particulares junto con las estrategias para llegar a un acuerdo justo. Además de examinar las tuercas y tornillos de la hoja de términos, Venture Deals también le presenta a los diversos participantes en el proceso, analiza cómo funciona la recaudación de fondos, revela cómo operan las empresas de capital de riesgo y describe cómo aplicar diferentes tácticas de negociación a sus acuerdos. También obtendrá información valiosa sobre varios problemas legales comunes a los que se enfrentan la mayoría de las startups y, como bonificación, descubrirá cómo es una carta de intención típica para adquirir su empresa."

Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson (Author), Luis Carlos De La Lombana (Narrator)

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Venture Deals, 4th Edition: Be Smarter than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

"How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The founders and driving force behind the Foundry Group—a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies—Brad and Jason have been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings. Their investments range from small startups to large Series A venture financing rounds. The new edition of Venture Deals continues to show fledgling entrepreneurs the inner-workings of the VC process, from the venture capital term sheet and effective negotiating strategies to the initial seed and the later stages of development. Fully updated to reflect the intricacies of startups and entrepreneurship in today's dynamic economic environment, this new edition includes revisions and updates to coverage on negotiating, gender issues, ICO's, and economic terms. New chapters examine legal and procedural considerations relevant to fundraising, bank debt, equity and convertible debt, how to hire an investment banker to sell a company, and more."

Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson (Author), Barry Abrams (Narrator)

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

"As each new generation of entrepreneurs emerges, there is a renewed interest in how venture capital deals come together. Yet there really is no definitive guide to venture capital deals. Nobody understands this better than authors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. For more than seventeen years, they've been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings, and now, with Venture Deals, they share their experiences in this field with you. Inspired by a series of blog posts—created by the authors after a particularly challenging deal—this reliable resource demystifies the venture capital financing process and helps you gain a practical perspective of this dynamic discipline. Whether you're an experienced or aspiring entrepreneur, venture capitalist, or lawyer who partakes in these particular types of deals, you can benefit from the insights found throughout this book. Engaging and informative, Venture Deals skillfully outlines the essential elements of the venture capital term sheet—from terms related to economics to terms related to control. Feld and Mendelson strive to give a balanced view of the particular terms along with the strategies to getting to a fair deal. In addition to examining the nuts and bolts of the term sheet, Venture Deals also introduces you to the various participants in the process, discusses how fundraising works, reveals how VC firms operate, and describes how to apply different negotiating tactics to your deals. You'll also gain valuable insights into several common legal issues most startups face and, as a bonus, discover what a typical letter of intent to acquire your company looks like. While it would be desirable to do venture capital deals with a simple agreement on price, a handshake, and a short legal agreement, this rarely happens. Venture Deals reveals how venture financings really work, and will save you a remarkable amount of time and money in your journey to create an amazing company."

Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator)

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