Richard D. Harroch is a senior advisor to CEOs, management teams, and boards of directors. He is an expert on M&A, venture capital, startups, and business contracts. He was the managing director and global head of M&A at VantagePoint Capital Partners, a venture capital fund in the San Francisco area. His focus is on internet, digital media, AI, and technology companies. He founded several internet companies. His articles have appeared online in Forbes, Fortune, MSN, Yahoo, Fox Business and AllBusiness.com. Harroch is the author of several books on startups and entrepreneurship as well as the co-author of “Poker for Dummies” and a Wall Street Journal-bestselling book on small business. He is the co-author of a 1,500-page book published by Bloomberg on mergers and acquisitions of privately held companies. He was also a corporate and M&A partner at the international law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. He has been involved in more than 200 M&A transactions and 250 financings for startup and emerging-growth companies.