Venture capital : do you really want it? Can you trust doctors who don't take their own medicine? -- Understanding venture capital beasts. Don't use a long spoon to sup with the devil. Do get close to him and watch how he eats -- Raising money successfully. So you plan to take the plunge : how do you avoid a belly flop? -- Valuations and tricks of the trade. All the fun of the fair? -- Your deal breakers. Where do you draw your line in the sand? -- Managing your new partner--not having a new managing partner -- Board meetings. How not to be bored -- Managing expectations. Setting expectations low makes them easier to beat -- Remuneration. It's only money-- -- People. Management, management, management -- Round two, and three, and four. Seconds out -- Exits. The end of the long winding road? -- The next one. Will you do it again?