Books by Joseph W. Bartlett

Helping you get the financing you need, this book assists discover how to: tap personal sources of financing; approach customers and vendors for financing; hook up with commercial lenders; find angel investors; get an SBA loan; raise cash through private equity offerings; and, woo and win investment bankers and venture capitalists.

Written in highly readable layman's language, Fundamentals of Venture Capital is a concise introduction to the key issues facing both investors and entrepreneurs as they embark on the journey of turning a good idea into a profitable reality.

The world of community development finance has grown increasingly sophisticated in its multi-faceted responses to poverty, joblessness and environmental degradation. One of the most sophisticated approaches involves the marriage of the tools of venture capital and private equity investing with a wide range of social goals. This approach ΓÇö what is termed by its adherents ''community venture capital''ΓÇö has been successful at stimulating productive economic activity in resource-starved communities while encouraging the creation and growth of business dedicated to the ''double bottom line.'' The authors of Standard Documents for Community Development Venture Capital Transactions have adapted the model documents found in Joe Bartlett''s Equity Finance treatise for use by a coalition of funds engaged in a different kind of private equity investing. Co-published with Community Development Venture Capital Transactions.