Raising Capital

Author: Andrew J. Sherman
Publisher: Amacom
ISBN: 9780814408568
Published In: March 2005
Format: Hardback
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A must-have guide for entrepreneurs and emerging companies seeking capital for growth and expansion.

"Whether your business is just a gleam in your eye, a newly launched operation, or a full-fledged firm that’s humming right along, you’ll never experience real growth without a substantial infusion of cash. Long gone are the days when venture capital groups seemed to pour millions into every ""next big thing."" Now it’s clear that there is real competition for investors, and that only the most viable businesses -- and carefully executed fundraising -- will reap the capital necessary to drive continuous growth.

Raising Capital is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs and growing companies that need to raise capital. The book covers every phase of the growth cycle, and provides tools for building business plans, preparing loan proposals, drafting offering materials, and much more. Now in its second edition, Raising Capital includes a wide variety of updates to reflect the realities of the post-dot-com bust, new trends in private equity markets, and the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a crucial piece of legislation that establishes new corporate governance requirements in the wake of high-profile accounting scandals.

The book takes you through every stage of the capital process, and provides a bevy of alternatives to evaluate in determining your company’s capital strategy. The four parts cover:

* Getting Ready to Raise Capital: capital-formation strategies, plus recent trends; understanding legal and governance structures and how they affect your ability to raise and use capital; and the role your business plan plays in securing capital

* Early-Stage Financing: start-up financing; ""bootstrapping,"" or doing less with more at a stage in your business where ""cash is king""; private placements versus commercial lending; leasing, factoring, and government programs

* Growth Financing: strategies for obtaining venture capital; how venture capital transactions work; preparing for and executing an initial public offering (IPO)

* Alternatives to Traditional Financing: franchising, joint ventures, co-branding, licensing, and other strategic alliances; mergers and acquisitions; plus the Capital Formation Business Growth Resources Directory

Raising Capital provides a huge selection of checklists, charts, sample forms to expedite the capital formation process, and the author relates eye-opening ""war stories"" and perspectives from the investor’s side of the table that will help you avoid pitfalls and guide your business confidently through every growth stage. Featuring comprehensive coverage of all recognized capital strategies, this timely book will help you navigate the murky (and often rough) waters of capital formation."

Part I Getting Ready to Raise Capital

1. Capital-Formation Strategies and Trends

2. Understanding Legal and Governance Structures

3. The Role Your Business Plan Plays

Part II Early-Stage Financing

4. Start-Up Financing

5. The Art and Science of Bootstrapping

6. Private Placements

7. Commercial Lending

8. Leasing, Factoring, and Government Programs

Part III Growth Financing

9. Venture Capital

10. Anatomy of a Venture-Capital Transaction

11. Preparing for an Initial Public Offering

12. The Mechanics of an Initial Public Offering

Part IV Alternatives to Traditional Financing

13. Franchising, Joint Venture, Co-Branding, and Licensing

14. Mergers and Acquisitions

15. Capital Formation Business Growth Resources Directory

Andrew J. Sherman is a senior partner at Dickstein Shapiro Morin and Oshinsky LLP, and internationally recognized as an authority on the legal and strategic issues of growing companies. He is an Adjunct professor in the MBA programs at Georgetown and U. Maryland.