November 15, 2010 – 3:04 am
Private Placement Memorandum authoring and the process of taking one’s company public are services that require extensive experience and the ability to look at a deal objectively and peripherally to evaluate all the angles to enhance the ability of the client to achieve funding in a timely manner.
If you are trying to raise capital with a PPM or public entity like OTCBB you need to understand the mind of the investor. After the business plan sells the investor on the business concept you need to sell them on you and your executive staff. You need to stack your executive positions with professionals with a proven track record of success and possess a solid reputation in the industry. You must paint the picture for investors that your business is run by the who’s who in your industry and this pedigree is demonstrated by your education, degree, grades in college, professional organizations of which you have been and are currently a member, advisory board positions with other corporate organizations, a track record of setting up and maintaining strategic alliances, networking contacts and more.
So is business a form of warfare? If it is who are the pawns and who are the kings? Let’s look at the facts and past the 1980s clichs that chant: Greed Is Good and Business Is War as those chanting these phrases are often on the sidelines and not gifted enough to be on the field and playing and have no choice but to live vicariously through those they are jealously watching.
Your company is growing. Now you are ready to start raising serious capital and you here the public fund raising markets. Here are the basics of your S-1 filing. Know the lingo before you hire a consultant. Because companies must adhere strictly to SEC regulations, initial prospectuses are similar in their organization. Each S-1 generally consists of the following sections:
By John Gerace, PhD, PE
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Posted in Legal
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Also tagged how to take a company public, how to take company public, how to take your company public, Legal, Over The Counter Bulletin Board, private placement memos, take company public, take my company public, take your company public
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Regulation D, Under Sections 4(2) and 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the SEC adopted Regulation D to coordinate the various limited offering exemptions and to streamline the existing requirements applicable to private offers and sales of securities. The Regulation establishes three exemptions from registration in Rules 504, 505, and 506.
By John Gerace, PhD, PE
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Posted in Legal
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Also tagged how to take a company public, how to take company public, how to take your company public, Legal, private placement memo, private placement memos, take company public, take my company public, take your company public
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Easily Find And Secure: Angel Investors, Private Investors, Institutional Investors And More! Raising capital for a start-up, corporation in expansion mode or a company in virtually any position presents it’s challenges and roadblocks. There has been no period in recent history that can simulate the difficulties that current entrepreneurs and executives are having when trying to achieve the procurement of venture capital. The standards have become more stringent and the cross-collateralization of personal and corporate assets as security for loans has virtually become a mandatory prerequisite for any type of funding, equity or loan based.
By John Gerace, PhD, PE
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Posted in Finance
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Also tagged Finance, how to take my company public, how to take your company public, take company public, take company public otcbb, take company public pink sheets, take my company public, take your company public, why take your company public
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We get calls all day, every day from companies that talk about ‘wanting’ real corporate publicity that will transform their company but few have the stomach for what it really takes and even fewer have the financial dedication it takes to obliterate their competition and take their rightful place at the top of the food chain.
By John Gerace, PhD, PE
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Posted in Finance
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Also tagged business publicist, business publicity, corporate publicist, corporate publicity, Finance, how to go public otcbb, investor relations specialist, james scott, take my company public, take your company public
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January 3, 2010 – 3:04 am
Most companies who are on the venture capital trail are not set up properly to attract investors. When an investor looks at your business plan and private placement memorandum they are looking for certain things. Of course funding sources look for the obvious, a solid business model, positive cash flow, industry genre with solid future growth, recession proof business (if there even is such a thing) and minimal debt.
By John Gerace, PhD, PE
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Posted in Communications
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Also tagged Communications, direct public offering, direct public offerings, dpo direct public offering, global direct public offering, how to take a company public, how to take company public, how to take your company public, james scott, shareholder company
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