Financing your small business /
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| Language: | English |
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Naperville, Ill. :
Sphinx Pub.,
2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- How to Approach This Book
- Chapter 1: Choosing the Form of Your Business
- Sole Proprietorship
- Registered Agents
- Partnership
- Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Nonprofit Entities
- Joint Ventures and Corporate Partnerships
- Choosing the State in Which to Form Your Business
- Qualifications for Starting a Business
- How-To Procedures
- Business Comparison Chart
- Business Start-Up Checklist
- Chapter 2: Business Strategy, Planning, and Feasibility Analysis
- Strategy.
- Developing Strategy
- Business Plan
- Feasibility Analysis
- Structuring Your Business Plan
- Questions to Ask
- Consultants vs. Do-It-Yourself
- What the Experts Say
- Summary
- Sample Executive Summary
- Chapter 3: Equity Financing
- Ownership
- Corporation Equity
- Warrants
- Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Equity
- Raising Capital in Stages
- Chapter 4: Debt Financing
- Bank Loans
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Credit Cards
- Home Equity Lines
- Retirement Funds
- Life Insurance Borrowing
- Finacial Brokers
- Reverse Mergers
- Factoring.
- Revenue Participation/Royalty Financing
- Merchant Banking
- SBIC Financing
- Private Debt
- Combining Equity and Debt Financing
- Chapter 5: Securities Law
- Understanding Securities Laws
- Brief History of Securities Laws
- The Rise of Rule 506 of Regulation D
- Disclosure Requirements
- The Sale of Securities and the Issuer Exemption
- Integration of Offerings
- State Securities (Blue Sky) Laws
- Notice of FIlings of Securities
- Rule 504 and 505 Offerings
- Regulation A Offerings
- Follow-Up and Closing an Offering
- Chapter 6: Licensing and Franchising
- Licensing.
- Franchising
- Business Opportunities
- Chapter 7: Friends, Angels, and Venture Capital Sources
- Friends and Family
- Angels
- Venture Capital
- What They Look For
- Valuation
- Angel Networks and Entrepreneurial Forums
- Chapter 8: Presentations and the Language of Capital
- Content
- Design and Presentation
- The Presenter
- The Rules of Powerpoint
- Learning to Close and When
- Declining Money
- Chapter 9: Corporate Governance
- Registered Agents
- Initial Reports
- Annual Reports
- Money and Accounting
- Signing Documents
- Bank Accounts.
- Corporate Governance for Corporations
- Corporate Records
- Sample Script for Annual Meeting
- Corporate Governance for Limited Liability Companies
- Chapter 10: How to Choose Professionals
- Attorneys and Accountants
- Other Consultants
- Sequence
- Conclusion
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Appendix A: Business Plan
- Appendix B: Corporation Formation Documents
- Articles of Incorporation
- Bylaws
- Minutes of Directors Meeting
- How These Documents Help with the Financing Your Business
- Appendix C: Limited Liability Company Formation Documents
- Articles of Organization.
