Essentials of Corporate and Capital Formation -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Web Site -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Corporate Structure -- Proprietorships -- Partnerships -- Limited Partnerships -- Limited Liability Companies -- Operating Agreement -- Management -- Corporations -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Initial Capital Formation -- Debt -- Other Forms of Straight Debt -- Convertible Debt -- Mezzanine or Hybrid Debt -- Equity -- Common Stock -- Preferred Stock -- Convertible Preferred Stock -- Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock -- Dilution -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Finding the Capital -- Are Ther Really Angles in Heaven? -- Venture Capital -- Private Placements -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Pitfalls -- Regulation 506 D: Areas of Opportunity And Uncertainty -- Subscription Documents -- Investor Count -- Risk Factors -- Offering Documents -- Form D -- Placement Agents and Finders -- Romanian Raise -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Public Markets: Are They Right for You? -- What It Means to Become a Public Company -- Benefits and Opportunities -- Drawbacks -- Decision to Go Public -- Advance Planning -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Entering the Public Markets Conventionally -- Formal Process: Underwriting -- Who Gets Involved? -- Underwriting the Offering -- Selecting Underwriters -- Beauty Contest -- Working with Underwriters -- Registration Process -- Due Diligence -- Filing and the SEC -- Completing the Offering -- Expenses -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The Public Markets-Other Issues -- Reverse Merger (Shell Game) -- Transaction Process -- Benefits -- Taint -- Pump and Dump -- Taking Appropriate Precautions -- Making the Shares Trade -- Operating a Public Company -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Exit Strategies -- What Is an Exit Strategy? -- Role of Management -- Entrepreneur versus Executive -- Determination of Goals and Direction of the Company.

Evolution of Executive Concerns -- Development of the Strategic Plan -- Why Is Strategic Planning Important? -- Real Exit -- Process -- Historical Financial Statements -- Quality of Earnings -- Meeting with the Auditors -- Forecasts and Projections -- Structuring the Deal -- Allocating Purchase Price -- Financial Covenants -- Debt Repayment Schedule -- Reporting Requirements -- Management and Administration -- Transaction (Closing) -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Success in the Real World -- Formation Process -- Capital Raising -- Capital Sources -- Going Public -- Summary -- About the Author -- Index.

A simple and effective guide to the mechanics of finance andcorporate structure Corporate structure and finance has become complicated intoday's times and even more so by the current market turbulence.Essentials of Corporate and Capital Formation enables you todecide on the appropriate structure by which to form a business,identifies capital raising alternatives, and supplies sampledocuments to comply with applicable state and federal securitieslaws. Explains ways to form a business and finance itReveals how to avoid securities laws pitfallsPractical terms and examples of the necessary mechanics offinance and corporate structureHelps analyze the decision to "go public" and provides pointerson operating a public company With coverage of private equity, public markets, mezzanine debt,common stock, debt vs. equity, and much more, Essentials ofCorporate and Capital Formation shows entrepreneurs andbusiness managers how to identify the ways to structure a businessentity and raise the necessary capital in the appropriate form witha minimum of disruption and assistance from outside advisors.

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