Going Public - IPO (Initial Public Offering)

by PlanMagic Corporation

Public markets used to be available only to larger companies with a long history of profitability. Nowadays a variety of companies with varying degrees of profitability and revenue growth may be candidates for public financing depending mainly on future prospects. Access to capital growth through public markets offers greater access to capital, but many promising small companies cannot obtain funding because they are private. Without funding though, they can’t hope to grow to the size and scale that would allow them to go public. Because of this hopeless cycle, many will turn to venture capitalists, angel investors, bank loans or SBA secured loans for that initial cash injection. And then the road to going public may be opened.

If the company has never sold stock before it is known as an Initial Public Offering (IPO). A company can only have one Initial Public Offering (IPO). If the corporation has sold stock before, it is known as a Primary Offering. A company can have many Primary Offerings. When a company needs to raise capital, they issue debt securities (bonds) or by selling stock (equity).

There are in general three ways to go public:

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Contributed by JD at 3:02 pm under Business financing.  

So you start a business and come up with this great name ‘MyName’ (hypothetical name used for this story). You want to play it by the numbers and you check everywhere if the name is a ‘registered trademark’. You’re in luck and you decide to register the name before anyone else does. Good thinking. For our hypothetical case we’ll assume that the name you came up with consists of two syllables f.e. ‘MyName’. Later in the story, you’ll find out why this is a good example but not a good choice. Even though there are hundreds of thousands of companies with such a name. It’s a popular thing.

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Contributed by Villa at 6:07 pm under Legal issues.  

 Market indicators (indices)

The averages that are available as indicators or indices indicate the general health of stock prices. If the economy is doing well then prices of stocks as a group tend to rise. If it is not doing so well prices as a group tend to fall. The averages are there to show you these tendencies. If a specific stock is going down while the market as a whole is going up, or if a stock is going up, but is rising faster than the market as a whole, that tells you something about the stock involved.

Market indexes are therefore useful for gauging the performance of an investment portfolio over time. Select the most appropriate index to serve as your benchmark.

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Contributed by JD at 6:45 am under Business economy.  

Financial summary 5 years

The table provides a 5 year financial summary of operating results, financial position and ratios of the projections. This is an open worksheet, you can add additional data, charts, ratios, and so forth. If you feel you have added something valuable, please consider sending us the worksheet so we can add it to the program for others to enjoy.

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Contributed by JD at 10:50 pm under Business financing.  

More than anything else, the key to success in business depends on how and where you advertise. You must advertise or forever remain unknown. If you have “the better mousetrap,” you have to let the people know about it, or your ideas and efforts will come to nothing.

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Contributed by JD at 10:22 am under Marketing & PR, Sales & promotion.  

By Arthur A. Hawkins II

1) Procrastination & Excuses

If you don’t start you can’t finish. Reach your goals & objectives by continually working toward them. Don’t put things off! Never make things more than they are. Do not wait until the last minute (also see #8). ACT!

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Contributed by JD at 7:11 am under Management.  

Contributed by JD at 5:49 pm under Construction business.  

Basic dinner to formal dinner

by Annaliese Whipple

For breakfast or lunch

Start with a dinner plate, soup or cereal bowl (always optional), bread & butter plate (for toast, bagels, etc.), and a cup & saucer for coffee or tea. For the flatware, use a 3-piece place setting: dinner fork, dinner knife and teaspoon. The napkin should be placed on the left side of the fork. Complete each place setting with either a juice or beverage glass.

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Contributed by JD at 7:07 am under Hospitality business.