By James Scott, on February 22nd, 2010%
If you are considering going public you are coming from one of two positions: you are either coming from a position of liquidity where you have the capital to spend $200k to go public on the OTCBB or you are coming from a position of weakness and you don’t have liquidity. . . . → Read More on Five Star Way of Living: Raise Capital Fast with a DPO (It’s Easy and Fast!)
By James Scott, on February 19th, 2010%
Private Placement Memorandums and Direct Public Offerings, the most common mistakes made. When gearing up to raise capital it is typically a business owners first instinct to simply throw together a business plan and find the cheapest company to put together the private placement memorandum and then seek funding. What these professionals don’t realize is that they are doing things in reverse and often times a PPM is not a standalone solution to financial needs. . . . → Read More on Five Star Way of Living: PPM and DPO Mistakes: A Must Read!
By James Scott, on February 15th, 2010%
Do You Need Capital For Your Company? Build Strong Strategic Partnerships! In this economy, companies who survive have more than just a strong business model; they have aligned themselves with strategic partners in a joint effort to create a win/win relationship where each contributes to a pool of contacts, promotional initiatives and industrial knowledge. . . . → Read More on Five Star Way of Living: Does Your Company Need Strategic Partners? Here Is Exactly How To Do It!
By James Scott, on February 7th, 2010%
OK, you’re ready to take your company to the next level and your CFO and legal counsel have advised you to go public to raise capital as well as to retain some of those prize employees with stock options and to bait that new sales executive with a signing bonus made up of stock options. You’ve looked into everything from pink sheets to reverse mergers to OTCBB to IPO and you have come to the conclusion you’re going to need to take on investors so that you can afford to follow through with your plan. If you’re lacking the funds to dive right in and start creating your public structure, here is a way that just about any business can afford to go public. . . . → Read More on Five Star Way of Living: Go Public With Your Business and Raise Capital Quickly