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.

The first problem is the most companies will first write a business plan and cheap PPM and look for a capital solutions last, when strategically speaking, one should first find a full service solution who has a database of investors ready to fund properly structured corporations with well authored business plans and private placement memos. After you find a company that has a ready network of seasoned investors you will often find that this firm will also structure your business and documents so that you… Read the rest

Owning a home based business may be your goal, but it can also be very stressful. Whether it is the stress of wondering what kind of money you are going to earn that week or the worry of getting your work completed on time, the stress can be very overwhelming at times. Because of this, it is important that you discover a method to cope with it, as it can be the undoing of your business.

The following are ways for you to handle with the stress of owning a home based business. The key is to identify the triggers and come across ways to handle them.

A home based business that lacks clear goals is always at risk of not making it. As a company owner, you must have a easily understood and enacted plan of action for your business and what you hope to accomplish. Not understanding where your company is and where it should be, you may… Read the rest

Your company is growing. Now you are ready to start raising serious capital and you here the public fund raising markets. Here are the basics of your S-1 filing. Know the lingo before you hire a consultant. Because companies must adhere strictly to SEC regulations, initial prospectuses are similar in their organization. Each S-1 generally consists of the following sections:

Front Section — An S-1 contains a small amount of information not available in a prospectus. In this first section, you can quickly find the issuing company’s phone number and get a vague sense of the future offering price.

Cover/Inside Cover — The prospectus cover outlines the general terms of the offering, including names of the underwriters, number of shares offered, and pricing information. The actual share price is absent from a prospectus until the day of the offering.

Prospectus Summary — Here you will find a brief synopsis of the company’s business and history, a modest discussion of the… Read the rest

So many companies dream of going public to raise massive amounts of capital, as set up for an exit strategy, to make acquisitions with stock and for many other reasons. While your intentions may be pure and with genuine motives, you’re entering shark infested waters of boiler rooms, crooked attorneys and underbelly consultants who have made careers off of taking well intentioned executives just like you for a 24 month rollercoaster ride while they take every penny you have as your company shrivels up like week old road kill.

Just and honest consultants in the ‘public offering’ industry are as rare as the illusive white elephant. This industry exists in a cesspool surrounded by rose gardens; from afar it looks amazing and an image of a dreamland but get up and close and the sludge and odor are enough to make you run and hide. So what do you look for in a consultant? The best consulting firms are the… Read the rest

London is generally considered one of the major capitals of the world and is a great choice of location for hosting conferences and similar events. The name “London” is often used to describe not just the capital itself but the surrounding area though, in fact, the correct term for London and its environs is “Greater London”.

If you choose to host your event in the centre of London, you will often make it more attractive to potential attendees than hosting it on the outskirts. Thus, for example, choosing an event location near Heathrow will enable delegates to travel to the event very easily, typically taking a taxi directly from Heathrow airport to their hotel or even directly to the event location. However, there is not much to see or do in the Heathrow area and, if delegates plan to make the most of their visit to the capital, they may face several long tube journeys to and from central London.… Read the rest

If you have found yourself contemplating a new path, you may want to consider some of the work from home positions that are open. However, before you make this decision, you must decide whether they are the best alternative for you.

Work from home positions require you to be the kind of person that does well working on their own. Not everyone has this ability. Some people often find themselves ,made anxious by the tasks of this kind of position. If you are the type that always needs assurance that you are succeeding or need constant directions, this may not be the best fitting career path for you.

Working solo also requires one to be able to deal with all of the pitfalls around the home. The phone ringing can stop many people there they stand and few people has the motivation to let it ring and go to voice mail. However, if you are going to complete your work,… Read the rest