The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital

by Nour, David

• ISBN13: 9780313356025
• ISBN10: 0313356025
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-20
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

A successful entrepreneur shows how to raise the right amount of money from the right source for each phase in a new company's growth cycle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Why Undercapitalized Companies Don't Survive	p. 1
Smart Capital	p. 14
Plan Now or Pay Later	p. 23
Bootstrapping and Early-Stage Creative Capital	p. 33
Big Guns: Institutional Investors	p. 50
Avenues for Alternative Capital	p. 74
IPOs, Reverse Mergers, and International Markets	p. 82
Valuations, Acquisitions, and Exit Strategies	p. 95
Value-Added Financial Intermediaries	p. 112
The Experts Speak: Best Practices to Embrace and Top Mistakes to Avoid	p. 125
Appendixes	p. 137
The Ultimate Resource Library	p. 137
Google's S-1 Filing	p. 168
Index	p. 181
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