Venture Capitalists (VCs) finance early stage companies.  Wh…

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Venture Cаpitаlists (VCs) finаnce early stage cоmpanies.  When it cоmes tо VC financing of early stage firms a) The smart way to fund an early stage business is for the VC to provide sufficient funding today to finance the anticipated costs of all stages of development of a firm's product b) The smart way to fund an early stage business is for the VC to buy convertible preferred stock sold by the early stage firm rather than investing in common stock of the firm.  Convertible preferred financing means that should the firm become successful, the entreprenuer who founded the company will be able to keep a greater percentage of the common stock (relative to the case common stock financing).  This gives the entrepreneur more control if things go well and also keeps in mind that the entrepreneur may be overly optimistic about his or her own firm value and want more upside potential to do a deal. c) a) and b) d) none of the above

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