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Read This Before You Write A Private Placement Memorandum!

Why Are You Writing A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) To Raise Capital? I feel like I have to put this out there as a corporate strategies consultant with a firm that is completely submerged in the industry of authoring business plans, private placement memorandums (regulation d rule 504, 505 and 506), facilitating direct public offerings to our database of investors and taking companies public on the OTCBB.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - March 4, 2010 at 12:40 pm

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Are You Ready To Raise Capital for Your Company? Most Likely . . . You’re Not!

Whether you're trying to raise debt or equity capital there are still certain unwritten rules that apply that cater to the mentality of today's investor and funding community. Certainly there are scores of private placement memorandum and business plan chop shops that wouldn't know how to properly consult with your company or write a fundable document even if they wanted to but they will gladly take your money to throw together a template and try to pass it off as custom work.

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Take Your Company Public OTCBB: S1, 211 Here Is What You Need To Know

So many companies dream of going public both as a growth and exit strategy but unfortunately few succeed with this process. The third party audit, sponsoring of the S1 and 211 by a market maker and SEC comments stage is just one of the obstacles involved with taking a company public. The attempt at going public and actually achieving a symbol are two entirely different things and if you are lucky enough to achieve a symbol there's a completely separate area of expertise needed to keep your stock trading and to preserve a company's longevity in the marketplace.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - February 24, 2010 at 4:20 am

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Take Any Company Public: Software Companies Can Raise Capital Fast!

Are you trying to raise capital for your start-up or corporation in expansion? Have you exhausted your traditional institutional sources and hedge fund contacts? Don't lose hope just yet! First of all, take all those pamphlets and brochures from banks and other traditional lenders that are lying all over your desk and toss them in the trash...they are absolutely useless.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - February 10, 2010 at 4:08 am

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Take Your Company Public: A Must Read About Disclosure Obligations

Are you taking your company public? Here is what you need to know. Disclosure Obligations: "If my company becomes "public," what are its disclosure obligations?"

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - February 1, 2010 at 6:27 am

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Take Your Company Public Quickly and Easily

Many entrepreneurs dream of taking their company public and expanding their venture into an international enterprise that begins to hemorrhage investment capital and profits from the get-go but then reality sets in as one begins to navigate the dingy, shark infested waters of the 'go public' market place.

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Take Your Company Public By Partnering With A Consulting Firm. A Must Read!

Many companies have a unique service or product but either lacks the capital or know-how to go public. Going public slams open the doors to massive global capital possibilities and massive partnering and strategic growth capabilities. A financially broke company should never try to go public to raise money to stay afloat as you'll only attract the fee based predatory consultants who make their money on individual fee oriented services without the ability to bring it all together in a turn-key solution so in the end there is no accountability.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - January 28, 2010 at 5:02 am

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How To Take A Chinese or Indian Corporation Public In America

With global economics the way they are it would be redundant to rant and rave about the downsides of corporate fund-raising. Quick infusions of cash from venture capital firms and institutional lenders are on hold and it is what it is but companies are becoming creative and corporate attention is steering away from the problems and toward the solutions.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by James Scott - January 19, 2010 at 5:08 am

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Taking Your Company Public: What Qualifications Your Executives Need To Attract Investors

If your company is about to start taking steps for a public offering you will most likely want to bring in employees that will help season your business plan and private placement memorandum for your initial rounds of capital. The human resources section of your PPM is crucial and on your business plan your 'key executives' portion is critical.

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