books about: equity     books:     Equity      Beyond the J Curve: Managing a Portfolio of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds (The Wiley Finance ... Thomas Meyer, Pierre-Yves Mathonet Wiley, 2005 Comprehensive and detailed introduction into the world of PE funds-of-funds This is certainly the best book I found on the modelling and managing of risk for funds-of-funds in private equity. It contains a lot of hints on the currently evolving literature on PE funds-of-funds and describes a complete and integrated approach on how to measure, ...             Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Memo to the CEO) Hugh Macarthur, Orit Gadiesh Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Business Practices of PE Players for Non-PE Players Two business experts from Bain & Company believe that successful practices adopted by PE players can be applied to different industries around the world. After having abundant consulting experience of working with PE players, they maintain that there are at least six ...             Practical Idealists: Changing the World and Getting Paid (Studies in Global Equity) Alissa Wilson, Ann Barham, ... Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University, 2008 Can you work for a better world without taking a vow of poverty? The authors? answer is a resounding, ?Yes!? This book draws on interviews with over forty practical idealists whose stories will inspire the reader and provide tools for making the choices necessary to succeed as a practical idealist. Through examples and exercises, Practical ...             Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture Steven K. Gold Learning Ventures Press, 2006 Very good book for a beginer Very nice book for the first timer. Explains in detail about the ABCs of starting a new business. It was very helpful and enlightening about how to start a business. A must read for anybody who wants to know what is needed to start a successful business. It ...             How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2008 (How to Pay Zero Taxes) Jeff A. Schnepper McGraw-Hill, 2007 Make 2008 the year you pay zero taxes! Fully updated to include all the latest tax law changes, How to Pay Zero Taxes outlines the easiest, most practical strategies you can use to lower your taxes this year, next year, and beyond. From converting personal expenses into business expenses to avoiding or surviving an IRS audit, Jeff ...             Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy "No-Equity" Properties Directly from the Bank -- at Huge ... Dwan Bent-Twyford, Sharon Restrepo Wiley, 2008 Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing This is a very good book. I give it a 5-star rating. I would highly recommended this book for both the experienced and especially for all beginners.             Mortgages For Dummies, 3rd Edition Eric Tyson, Ray Brown John Wiley & Sons, 2008 Saved me a fortune!!!!!! This book saved me about $22,000 when I purchased my house. It prepared me to know what to look for and what to ask for when searching for a mortgage! I had purchased the home buying for dummies book and while reading that I learned I needed to know so much more about ...             Precious Metals Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) Paul Mladjenovic For Dummies, 2008 An Excellent Resource for the Precious Metals Investor or Someone Who Wants To Be This is one of the best and most complete books on precious metals investing that I've read. It is great for the new investor with little or no knowledge on the subject or the more seasoned investor who has at least some limited experience. It's certainly not for the ...             Debt Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About Kevin Trudeau Equity Press, 2008 "A Must Read" This book is both informative and well-written. It has already helped me in learning ways to deal with creditors in the face of harship. Kudos to Kevin Trudeau and I look forward to his next book. Terrie Burckley/Cherry Hill, NJ             Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools Glenn Eric Singleton, Curtis Linton Corwin Press, 2005 Truly a courageous book! This is truly a courageous book! Richard Hernstein first broke Political Correctness's stranglehold on the discussion of race and educational achievement with his book The Bell Curve, and though that groundbreaking book was meticulously researched, the author suffered ...             Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, ... Wiley, 2008 Reads like a novel I couldn't put this book down; I felt like I was reading a captivating novel. It does a great job of introducing the reader to the unique terminology of the VC/PE industry. However, I wish there was more follow through or structured questions presented for the ...             Vault Private Equity Career Guide (Vault Career Library) Mike Martinez Vault, Inc., 2008 Careers at private equity firms (which raise funds to invest in private companies) are considered plum jobs in the finance world because of the intellectual challenge and potentially huge financial payoffs. Although private equity is a relatively young business, now there are more than 2,700 such companies worldwide. In this new Guide, Vault guide ...             Private Equity as an Asset Class (The Wiley Finance Series) Guy Fraser-Sampson Wiley, 2007 A well-written, comprehensive, and practical overview of the private equity field Guy Fraser-Sampson does an outstanding job in introducing the world of private equity in this book. He starts off defining various concepts in this field, explaining the ways to analyze private equity returns and distinguishing between buyouts and venture capital. He ...             Facilitator's Guide Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools Glenn E. Singleton, Curtis Linton Corwin Press, 2006 In this exciting new book, Singleton & Linton provide a facilitator's guide that includes valuable chapter summaries and discussion questions, journal prompts, staff development activities, further resources, and more. The facilitator's guide will help staff developers create effective professional development for educators reading and using ...             Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations (Wiley Finance) Harry Cendrowski, James P. Martin, ... Wiley, 2008 Very Nice Intro to Private Equity The first 150 pages of this book are most likely the best. Great history of PE investment with many graphs of fund returns and investment patters. Some of the later chapters are a bit disjointed, and two offer up a lot of legalese, but overall, a very good book for ...          products you might be interested in search for books conversations, entrepreneur, facilitator, foreclosure, governance, pre-foreclosure      toavi.com    web we recommend Truly a courageous book! randomly chosen book: Once on Esplanade: A Cycle Between Two Creole Weddings