This presentation gives tips for journalists on covering companies; mergers and acquisitions; privatization, government intervention and regulation; and foreign direct investment.

The presentation focuses on valuation, including the difficulties of early stage valuation, the art and science of valuation (multiples analysis, VC or DCF model), valuation examples and a case study example.

The checklist accompanies the Valuation presentation. It is intended to provide an outline of topics to be investigated during the due diligence associated with a prospective venture capital investment into a high-technology company.

This handout accompanies the Valuation presentation and focuses on the problem with common shares and preferred shares.  It also has case study examples.

This handout accompanies the Valuation presentation and covers potentially unfamiliar terms found in termsheets and/or legal documents, such as lead investor, share purchase agreement and disclosure schedule.