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		<title>Take Your Company Public: Is Business A Form Of War?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So is business a form of warfare? If it is who are the pawns and who are the kings? Let's look at the facts and past the 1980s clichs that chant: Greed Is Good and Business Is War as those chanting these phrases are often on the sidelines and not gifted enough to be on the field and playing and have no choice but to live vicariously through those they are jealously watching.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So is business a form of warfare? If it is who are the pawns and who are the kings? Let&#8217;s look at the facts and past the 1980s clichs that chant: Greed Is Good and Business Is War as those chanting these phrases are often on the sidelines and not gifted enough to be on the field and playing and have no choice but to live vicariously through those they are jealously watching.</p>
<p>Everyone wants to be a player but in this industry you need a lot more than drive you need connections and capability. By connections I mean global political, global corporate, international finance and more. By capability I mean nerves of steel, the ability to bath in acid and swim with sharks and eat class for breakfast. This is one of the most stressful industries I know of with a burnout rate that is off the charts and any other global consultant that I know has struggled with their demons to stay on the top of their game. Business, by all categorical definition is War.</p>
<p>There are winners, losers, economies rise and economies crumble all because of global commerce. Global commerce as you know is control over the masses by an elite few. The elite are not the government officials as they themselves are pawns in a much larger game that even they don&#8217;t understand. Commerce and finance are numbers on a computer screen and fractional reserve lending, the IMF and other organizations at the end of marionette strings to impose the will of the elite on the global populace.</p>
<p>War in the form of economics is ongoing whereas war with guns and the military is to make a statement. Economic warfare is trade sanctions and limiting technology that will enable a developing nation to grow which will disable their industrial capabilities so that instead of a thriving economy they are dependent on the involvement by industrialized nations. With the Bretton Woods Convention in 1944 and the reconstruction of Europe and the doing away with the gold standard the above mentioned Numbers On A Screen are dictated by who holds the most economic collateral to enforce their idea of numbers.</p>
<p>This group of elites has the economic and military power to impose its will and enforce the idea that the numbers that they place on that screen are etched in stone and if those numbers demonstrate a Loan to a developing nation, though no actual empirical capital has been transferred, that developing nation now becomes a willing pawn in the overall game of economic warfare. So there you have it, business is indeed a form of warfare. This industry of global finance serves as the royal court while those around us are forced to play by the rules we invent and enforce.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying that this is a good thing, I&#8217;m not exactly proud to be part of the problem but this is the awkward reality. I know you&#8217;re waiting for a happy ending or an idea that will help create a solution but I don&#8217;t have one.</p>
<p>When my firm is brought in as a strategist and alliance facilitator for global rollups, acquisitions, mergers and IPOs we try to create as many jobs as possible but let me ask you, by creating more jobs are we just perpetuating the problem of the masses being controlled by the few?</p>
<p>Want To Grow Your Company? <a href='http://www.princetoncorporatesolutions.com'>Take Your Company Public</a>, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183<a href='http://princetoncorporatesolutions.com/take_your_company_public.html'>We Can Make Your Global</a></p>
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		<title>Taking Your Corporation Public: Political Strategies For Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our firm takes small companies and industry genre leaders public in the United States. We specialize in the OTCBB, A to Z facilitation as well as NASDAQ IR and strategies consulting. We work with global corporate entities from Greece to China, from South America to Europe. I say this not to boast or market myself but to give you some comfort that what you are about to read is based purely on experience and absolutely objective and if you are about to take your company public or trying to turn-around or restructure your public entity, this information will be of tremendous help to you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our firm takes small companies and industry genre leaders public in the United States. We specialize in the OTCBB, A to Z facilitation as well as NASDAQ IR and strategies consulting. We work with global corporate entities from Greece to China, from South America to Europe. I say this not to boast or market myself but to give you some comfort that what you are about to read is based purely on experience and absolutely objective and if you are about to take your company public or trying to turn-around or restructure your public entity, this information will be of tremendous help to you.</p>
<p>I see companies rise and fall before and after the &#8216;going public&#8217; process. Some companies have great ideas and constantly struggle, some are hardly worth their weight in pocket fuzz but thrive and to understand why we must step back and look at a public and pre public concept as you would a globe that you can set on a desk and spin slowly over and over again. Stand on the desk and kneel on the ground, stand on your hands if you have to and the point of this exercise is to look at your public entity from every imaginable angle searching for any and all chinks in the armor.</p>
<p>Think past the basics of going public. Any informed CEO, COO or CFO of a pre or post public entity will comprehend the basics: you&#8217;ll have a first round seed capital raise, you&#8217;ll need a solid board of directors and solid executives with an appealing pedigree, your company needs a viable and yes, &#8216;recession proof&#8217; product or service. You need a solid pre public corporate publicity strategy to make your company stand out like a blinding beacon with strategies that wrap around the corporation as well as each executive to increase the market awareness of their existence in the industry power structure and of course you&#8217;ll need solid and massive post public investor relations to stabilize and grow that stock price.</p>
<p>Now here is something that you may not have taken into consideration but is a necessity to filling in the gaps of your corporate profile as well as strengthening those invisible inferiorities in the corporate armor. Political power structure contacts are a must. Yes, political in every sense of the word. I mean you need strong contacts in your operating country&#8217;s political electoral system of influence to gain access to those &#8216;no bid&#8217; contracts. It&#8217;s a mandatory evil that separates the men from the boys. Get to know lobbyists, congressmen, political attorneys, senators and most importantly get on a first name basis with the direct executive assistants for each of these players as they are the ones that will make the introductions.</p>
<p>Your face needs to be seen in the papers and journals alongside of these power players. Your name needs to be mentioned in cigar filled rooms where these individuals congregate. Don&#8217;t think for a second that hard work, blood sweat and tears will get your company to the next level; it&#8217;s all about connections and the public conception of you and your company.</p>
<p>Simultaneously you need to take into consideration the social political conception of your company. Truth be told, celebrities and corporations get involved with charities and socially conscientious callings such as Poverty Awareness, Haiti Financial Assistance, African Relief and like strategies not necessarily because they have a spiritual awakening and want to make the world a better place.</p>
<p>These companies are piggybacking off of the free press and the social idea that free money to charity somehow justifies the means in which they earned it. Free handout charity affiliation has a way of wiping the slate clean and telling the public that if they buy your product or use your service they are, in some strange way, making the world a better place and instantly something that was once considered a guilty pleasure (such as a $5 coffee and $8 scone from Starbucks) is now a socially responsible action because .02 cents per $20 net profit intake goes to pay for coffee beans that grow in a third world country that is trying to &#8216;get by&#8217; and grow organic, whatever.</p>
<p>Going public is one thing, staying public is something entirely different, staying public and profitable is almost unheard of. Increase your chances of success by looking at all the angles!</p>
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		<title>Why Are You Writing A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) To Raise Capital?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>When I get calls about private placement memorandums it is typically one of two scenarios: 1. They want to raise capital and they are shopping around for the cheapest PPM author they can find. 2. They have made the mistake of using the cheapest PPM author they could find and now they can&#8217;t find an investor that will fund their 70 page stack of toilet paper.</p>
<p>It never ceases to amaze me when companies are trying to convince investors that they are ready for that next step in their corporate evolution, yet they are being penny wise and dollar foolish with the most technical document their company has ever had done. And why do people put the cart before the horse? I mean, why do people write the private placement memo before they know who their audience is? As a rule of thumb you should write for your audience.</p>
<p>A ppm that is being written for venture capital firms will demonstrate and cater to more of an equity control and technical audience whereas a ppm that is being written for angel investors, private investors and small private equity firms who want to be in and out of a transaction will typically want to buy low and sell high and will typically want to invest in companies that are going public in as short of a time as possible.</p>
<p>The investors in pre public companies and other &#8216;angel&#8217; type investors have a minimal bankroll of $1m or less (usually) so they have to be in and out of a transaction fast, thus the need for a &#8217;selling shareholder offering&#8217;. This is a mandatory prerequisite for a company that wants to raise capital from angels and go public. With a selling shareholder offering you are setting up a scenario that ever investor dreams of.</p>
<p>You are giving them the ability to buy deeply discounted stock and 3 or 4 months later, when the company goes public, they can sell their stock into the market at an offering price that is typically 4 or 5 times what they originally purchased the shares at and the company is happy because the investor created a bridge for the company to go public and then created a public float.</p>
<p>Now, after reading this, you will see why writing a PPM before you know who your audience is and before you&#8217;ve contracted with a consulting firm is a critical mistake. Find a consulting firm that is well rounded as a capital raising facilitator and have them help you set a goal as an end result and then build your strategy from there.</p>
<p>For Corporate Consulting or <a href='http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEl2aEhJLXZIYmhfbUp6VWVqTURnUmc6MA'>Invest Seed Capital In Pre-IPO Companies</a>, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183<a href='http://princetoncorporatesolutions.com/take_your_company_public.html'>Take Your Company Public</a> the easy way!</p>
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		<title>Pink Sheet Companies: How To Make Your Stock Price Soar! A Must Read!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consult in the turnaround sector with public companies on the Pinks, OTCBB, London Exchange, Frankfurt Exchange and every exchange in-between and everyone seems to have the same issue: there stock isn't trading at the price they desire and they are dying to find a way to fix the problems that are hindering their trade. It usually comes down to a few basic elements. Use each of these elements with caution as this industry is full of predatory organizations and consultants and can be dangerous to amateurs. If you're a newbie, that's ok. Do what you can but know when you are in over your head and turn the remaining process over to people that swim with sharks for a living.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I consult in the turnaround sector with public companies on the Pinks, OTCBB, London Exchange, Frankfurt Exchange and every exchange in-between and everyone seems to have the same issue: there stock isn&#8217;t trading at the price they desire and they are dying to find a way to fix the problems that are hindering their trade. It usually comes down to a few basic elements. Use each of these elements with caution as this industry is full of predatory organizations and consultants and can be dangerous to amateurs. If you&#8217;re a newbie, that&#8217;s ok. Do what you can but know when you are in over your head and turn the remaining process over to people that swim with sharks for a living.</p>
<p>Public company structuring and turnaround strategies typically center around the elements of: corporate publicity, individual executive publicity, lack of an experienced publicist, lack of strategic alliances and lack of the proper promotion that is conducive to getting stock investors to pull the trigger.</p>
<p>Corporate publicity can be broken down into the immediate and ongoing use of: press releases, viral marketing video and article submission, corporate blogs, investor relations, market maker or broker dealer that is affective and of course the almighty strategic alliances that build hype and build power behind your brand.</p>
<p>Another major component that most companies are lacking is &#8216;Individual Executive Publicity&#8217; by use of press release, viral market: video uploads with interviews and how to type material, article submission and personal blogs that center around the particular industry genre issues. It is important to make each executive stand out like a beacon in the industry and to press the reality or create the reality that your executive staff is composed of the who&#8217;s who of your industry.</p>
<p>Next you&#8217;ll need a corporate publicist with a focus on getting your CEO, CFO and/or corporate executives on TV and radio panel discussions as industry authority as well as newspaper and magazine articles and interviews about your company and its executives.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget the importance of &#8216;Strategic Partnerships&#8217;. Announce new partnerships with multiple press releases, photo ops and articles. Pick strategic partners that have name recognition or are about to be in the public eye to piggy back off of the publicity they are receiving.</p>
<p>If you are an OTCBB or Pink Sheets company email campaigns to stock Investors are a quick way to get a nice bump in exposure and stock price but too many of these campaigns done the wrong way can hurt your company so be careful. Your investor relations consultant should have you listed on multiple stock alert services that run ongoing back to back. And the last but not least, the old fashion snail mail &#8216;Direct mail to stock investors&#8217; can be the added bang to your stock price rising and stabilizing.</p>
<p>Turning around a company can and expensive proposition today but can increase your company&#8217;s value exponentially if done by an experienced professional. It&#8217;s a process that&#8217;s worth it to companies with an eye toward longevity.</p>
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		<title>Take Your Company Public: The &#8216;Spoke Wheel&#8217; Method</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8216;Spoke Wheel&#8217; Approach To Taking Your Company Public.</p>
<p>A public corporation, just as a private company is composed of several contributing factors that dictate the outcome of its success. If you visualize your corporate entity as the &#8216;hub&#8217; of the wheel and each spoke as a &#8216;contributing asset&#8217; to the company you&#8217;ll find that the more spokes in the wheel, the more weight the wheel can carry as its strength rests on scores of unified connections working together, each with one simultaneous point of interest, the hub.</p>
<p>These hub connections can be anything that contributes to the overall success and perpetual, yet controlled, growth strategy of the company such as: a dozen strategic partnerships that act as growing distribution channels for your product or service, finance alliances that take care of your growth capital needs, multiple legal professionals that you can tap into for advise and corporate strategies, dozens of companies within your industry that focus on a different element of the industry but cooperate as a referral source for new business and on and on.</p>
<p>Your goal, in creating a solid, strategically aligned pre public and post public corporation is to keep building spokes and bringing on partners and executives that can instantly contribute to adding more strategic alliances and growth enhancers to your ever evolving and emerging corporate wheel.</p>
<p>If you are a public company, partnerships that you should have heavily represented in your model should be securities attorneys, market makers and broker dealers, several publicists with different areas of media focus, viral publicists, investor relations facilitators and service providers etc. Don&#8217;t forget the political contacts and padding contacts. By &#8216;padding&#8217; I mean contacts that may serve no active role other than having some big names affiliated with your company that can gain attention within and outside your specific industry genre.</p>
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		<title>Take Your Company Public: It&#8217;s Cheaper With The Right Partners. A Must Read!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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&#8217;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.</p>
<p>The prototypical company that will succeed in going public is either a profitable and mature company or a start-up with contracts in place for capitalization and patented and/or proprietary technology or systems that give it a massive edge over competitors. The decision to go public should be based in the desire for rapid growth and capitalization. The qualities of a company that will succeed on the public forum is one with a solid executive staff, experienced board of directors and a service that is recession proof (Yeah I know, what business is recession proof?), and finished with the actual developmental stage with a solid product or service and identified partners and distribution sources.</p>
<p>If you realistically have a chance at going and staying public you&#8217;ll attract consulting firms and/or broker dealers and market makers and many times law firms that focus on taking companies public in return for minor upfront fees and a solid equity position. Be careful not to sign on with a company that does not offer a &#8216;one stop shop&#8217; or turn-key solutions which includes everything if you are going to be paying an upfront fee and equity. Many solid firms will ask for both fee and equity compensation and it&#8217;s worth it if they are truly capable of delivering a full range of services.</p>
<p>You should have a polite yet rigorous interview process with the firm before signing on. The ideal situation for a company going public is to partner with a consulting firm or broker dealer who offers absolutely everything you will need to succeed in the pre-IPO and post-IPO market. Expect to pay a fee for corporate structuring, business plan, private placement memorandum and Direct Public Offering to the firms database of investors (if they do not offer an introduction service to investors you should not take them seriously as a full service consulting firm as they are only offering you a sandwich without the bread).</p>
<p>Parts that a consulting firm will partner on if they can truly take your company public from A to Z is the initial Direct Public Offering to an in house group of investors who will invest the capital needed to pay for the audit (though many times this will have to come out of your pocket even if you team of with the best firms in the business), S1 filing and comments, SEC and FINRA approval and ultimately to the point where a market maker or broker dealer is selling your securities to the public. Sometimes it&#8217;s good to just hire a company that is strictly fee based for your &#8216;going public&#8217; ambitions but be prepared to pay hefty fees. If you are a solid corporation with a realistic chance at going public, you&#8217;ll be able to tell by the tone that consulting firms have with you when you engage them in the initial phone consultation. If you&#8217;re ready to go public, a proper consultant will be able to identify your position in the market place to fill in the blanks.</p>
<p>Foreign, Indian and Chinese Companies, <a href='http://www.princetoncorporatesolutions.com'>Take Your Company Public</a>, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183<a href='http://princetoncorporatesolutions.com/take_your_company_public.html'>Take Your Company Public</a> the easy way!</p>
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		<title>Strategic Partnerships Will Help Get Angel Investors And VC&#8217;s To Invest In Your Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When an investor is looking at your business they are obviously looking for the basics: an executive team that has worked with other companies in your industry at the exact stage you are at now with a solid track record of success, an active advisory board that is eager to help and has a solid comprehension of your industry, a board of directors that acts as your company's strategic think tank and action center where the tough issues get dealt with and questions get answered. Investors also want to see that you are in a growth industry and that all involved have the discipline to step out of the emotional ups and downs of a start up or company seeking capital and look at the business objectively.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When an investor is looking at your business they are obviously looking for the basics: an executive team that has worked with other companies in your industry at the exact stage you are at now with a solid track record of success, an active advisory board that is eager to help and has a solid comprehension of your industry, a board of directors that acts as your company&#8217;s strategic think tank and action center where the tough issues get dealt with and questions get answered. Investors also want to see that you are in a growth industry and that all involved have the discipline to step out of the emotional ups and downs of a start up or company seeking capital and look at the business objectively.</p>
<p>All this said, the one aspect to creating a salivating group of investors is your massive and powerful strategic partner database. These partners are able to enhance your company is ways of distribution, sales, contracts, legal, tax etc. The partners that you team up with are often build off of and initiated by the rapport of your executive staff, board of advisers and board of directors. Your corporate attorney and accountant should also contribute heavily to helping you build strategic alliances with like minded companies in their client base. These companies that you are teaming up with allow for rapid expansion and optimal eye candy for people that are interested in placing capital with your company. Having some big names in your corner with the label &#8217;strategic partner&#8217; just sweetens the pot. Companies thrive and dive on relationships.</p>
<p>If you are considering raising capital with a Regulation D exemption like 504, 505 or 506 (also referred to as a Private Placement Memorandum) chances are, your company will be funded by angel investors, private investors and other private equity money sources. Having a powerful partnership base is like adding a blanket and warm milk to your business plan and PPM when handing if off to the investor, it&#8217;s soothing and comforting to see that you&#8217;re not alone but you have some big names helping you on the road to success.</p>
<p>Are you thinking about taking your business public? The same thing goes. The public wants to see that you are in bed with big names who can step in and help your company out of a tight spot and that you can co-op advertisements and promotional campaigns together.</p>
<p>Raising capital is easier when you are moving forward with establish partnerships to ease the weight of the load and stress that comes with a growing company.</p>
<p>For Corporate Consulting or <a href='http://www.princetoncorporatesolutions.com'>Strategic Partners</a>, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183<a href='http://princetoncorporatesolutions.com/take_your_company_public.html'>Take Your Company Public</a> the easy way!</p>
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		<title>What Is A DPO (Direct Public Offering)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A direct public offering is when a company raises capital by selling its shares directly to what is referred to as affinity groups, unlike an IPO which are sold by a broker dealer to its customers and the general public through other broker dealers who have customers interested in buying shares in the company.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A direct public offering is when a company raises capital by selling its shares directly to what is referred to as affinity groups, unlike an IPO which are sold by a broker dealer to its customers and the general public through other broker dealers who have customers interested in buying shares in the company.</p>
<p>In IPO&#8217;s you have a firm commitment underwriting, where the underwriters promise to purchase the securities for their own account if they can not sell them to customers.</p>
<p>Best-effort underwriting: The underwriters do not guarantee any specific number of shares to be sold, they merely act as brokers.</p>
<p>In an IPO the lead underwriter is referred to as the syndicate manager, he keeps the book and invites other broker dealers to join the syndicate. In a firm commitment underwriting, an underwriter&#8217;s agreement makes members liable for any unsold securities, regardless of how much of their allotment they sold. .</p>
<p>In a direct public offering the company sells the shares to affinity groups; who falls in this category? Customers, suppliers, distributors, friends, family, employees and other members of the community. In a direct public offering (DPO) the company places its shares in the hands of those people who are familiar with the company and know the company&#8217;s product and management, and are most likely to hold the shares longer because they feel comfortable with the company&#8217;s prospects for the future.</p>
<p>Direct public offerings are considerably less expensive than IPO&#8217;s and most effective for smaller offerings, for large offerings the sales staff and customer base of a broker dealer are usually necessary.</p>
<p>Since the affinity group is already familiar with the company and its practices it doesn&#8217;t put pressure on the company to change the way it does business, and will remain loyal to the company because of it&#8217;s presence in the community.</p>
<p>DPO&#8217;s are preferable to venture capital financing because it allows the present management to execute its business plan without outside interference. When a small company turns to a single large investor they tend to surrender the freedom to make all the decisions.</p>
<p>In a DPO like other methods of going public today audited financial statements are required. Unlike a reverse merger you choose your shareholders and you don&#8217;t have to deal with shady, unscrupulous shell owners.</p>
<p>Shell owners usually keep between 5-15% of the shares outstanding and are quick to liquidate, and they do not have an interest in the well being of the company&#8217;s share price. Even if you insert a stipulation in the contract that they can not sell for a year they will find a way of shorting the stock and destroying the share price.</p>
<p>This makes the DPO a preferable option even for companies that don&#8217;t need financing but would like to go public.</p>
<p>A DPO does not always require audited financials but if you plan on going public you will need them. So you must hire an auditing firm that is &#8220;peer review&#8221; or PCAOB.</p>
<p>If you wish to take your company public then you must file a form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a form 211 must be filed with FINRA.</p>
<p>A DPO is an alternative to an IPO or Reverse Merger for a company wishing to go public or obtain financing; it allows the company owner(s) to call the shots instead of an underwriter or a shell owner.</p>
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		<title>The Anatomy of A Business Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With legions of halfwit, template loving business plan wannabe writers polluting the web it's no mystery that companies are having a tough time getting funding. It use to be that when a company was ready to get down to business for serious expansion they would call a consultant that would help them bring all the pieces together in a strategic fashion and then this consultant would take their extended industry knowledge in combination with the unique concepts of the client's business and he would author a business plan.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With legions of halfwit, template loving business plan wannabe writers polluting the web it&#8217;s no mystery that companies are having a tough time getting funding. It use to be that when a company was ready to get down to business for serious expansion they would call a consultant that would help them bring all the pieces together in a strategic fashion and then this consultant would take their extended industry knowledge in combination with the unique concepts of the client&#8217;s business and he would author a business plan.</p>
<p>This business plan would include everything that the venture capital firms, angel investors, private investors and institutional lenders would need in order to make a quick, no nonsense decision about whether to fund the company and how much equity they would get in return.</p>
<p>Today with the cancerous cloud of predatory consultants seeking out startup business prey to suck dry that businesses are too broke and exhausted to move forward with a solid consultant after they have been through the costly obstacle course and fun house of mirrors set up by wannabe consultants who reel in their prey with a few big words and industry terms and at the end of the day, they are going to put your business plan together with some cracked template software that spits out overly generalized business plans that receive laughs and snickers before being tossed in the trash by investors and venture capital firms.</p>
<p>If you want a real business plan, call a consultant that is completely submerged in the venture capital industry and has experience with plugging businesses into the capital machine. An consultant will first give you a consultation so he can assist in any corporate structuring or turnaround issues that need attention before the business plan is together. After the company&#8217;s structure is complete with executives, solid management, strategic partners, advisory board and board of directors, there is still one more thing to do before the business plan. You must decide what mechanism you&#8217;re going to use to raise capital. Are you seeking debt or equity investment or both, how much equity you will give away for the amount of cash you&#8217;re seeking. How many shares does your corporation currently have and so on. You&#8217;ll most likely need to put together a private placement or consider taking your company public on the otcbb. After all this is done then it&#8217;s time to write the business plan.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t shoot yourself in the foot, don&#8217;t write the business plan yourself, when you&#8217;ve found a consultant, here are the topics that should be covered in the business plan (this knowledge will help you audit their work before you even hire them). The table of contents should read, at a minimum, like this: executive summary with objectives, keys to success and strategic advantages; Market, Market: Growth and Development Analysis with Industry Analysis and Location Based Services; Current company position with Company overview and vision, key successes to date, technical achievements and commercial position, include info about your technology platform. Talk about your management team, product and services offering, competition, market entry/ Five Forces Analysis, barriers to market entry, comparable business model, target market needs, target market characteristics, market demand drivers, PEST analysis, SWOT analysis, marketing implementation and strategy overview and tactical components, process development map, financial model and projections.</p>
<p>There you have it, the process to follow before the business plan is written and the concepts to be covered in the business plan so that you get the attention you need from investors and the money you deserve for your business.</p>
<p>For Corporate Turnaround Services or <a href='http://www.princetoncorporatesolutions.com'>Investor Finder Services</a>, call Princeton Corporate Solutions at 267-233-0183<a href='http://princetoncorporatesolutions.com/take_your_company_public.html'>Take Your Company Public</a> the easy way!</p>
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		<title>How To Take A Chinese or Indian Corporation Public In America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>The US and Chinese markets are intertwined in many ways and now a new trend in finance is making the relationship even closer. It&#8217;s a fact that Chinese corporations are still trying to figure out how to make their domestic stock market profitable and stable. Many of these companies have global ambitions with unique technology solutions business products and strategies but because of the week Chinese economy (compared to the power of other currencies) they have no choice but to head to the Frankfurt Exchange or the OTCBB market here in the United States.</p>
<p>As a corporate consultant that facilitates the process of going public for both domestic and global entities I have received maybe 5 to 10 calls per year from Chinese companies wanting to set up American corporate subsidiaries to absorb their foreign corporations and trade on the Bulletin Boards but all that has changed. I now receive 5 to 10 calls from Chinese and Indian companies per week to take advantage of the global market place that centers around America&#8217;s gravitational pull.</p>
<p>Here is how you can take your foreign entity public: set up a domestic corporation (I usually have corporations set up in Delaware because its fast, easy and the states statutes go back to the original 13 colonies so there is sufficient case law and precedence to protect a public entity affectively). Next you will need a professionally written business plan in English. Translated business plans don&#8217;t work as Western investors look for different details in transactions than their Asian counterparts. Write a new business plan based off of this new corporate entity.</p>
<p>After this you will use the Regulation D Rule 504 exemption to offer discounted stock to a core group of investors via DPO (direct public offering) we have spent 11 years putting our core group of investors together that can finance around 80% of the public process so it becomes extremely reasonably priced for foreign companies. Then the S1 is put together while simultaneously their SEC audit begins which is simple and fast because the company in the US is a startup. We go through and get the SEC approval, then FINRA and then the market maker that we have attached to the deal goes to work.</p>
<p>Now here is the kicker. If you have any experience with taking companies public you&#8217;ll see one common thread throughout all the companies that you work with and that is the fact that the company executives who started this company and are more than likely the majority share holders, want to retain as much equity as possible so this is simple. When the company is publicly trading, limit the issuance of stock specifically to your original core group and let the stock price stabilize then you simply take some of the company owned shares and use them as collateral for equity loans and lines of credit.</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;re public the last thing you want to do is liquidate shares to raise capital quickly. Instead, use your shares as collateralized bartering chips and you&#8217;ll never have a problem with cash flow or fund raising or the threat of losing control of your company. Foreign companies that want to go public in the United States are often intimidated by the strenuous process and the concern of &#8216;who to trust&#8217;. Find a consulting firm with experience in turnkey &#8216;go public&#8217; facilitation and you&#8217;ll be fine.</p>
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