Entrepreneur's guide to raising capital / David Nour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nour, David, 1968-

Series:

Entrepreneur's guide (Westport, Conn.)

The entrepreneur's guide, 1939-2478

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New business enterprises--Finance.

New business enterprises.

Small business--Finance.

Small business.

Venture capital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ask any established business owner to identify his or her toughest challenge when just starting out, and you'll likely get this answer: raising capital. Most aspiring entrepreneurs know far too little about the sources of money that can help start a business or fuel its growth. Where do you get capital? What are investors looking for? How do you ask for money in a way that gets results? This book answers these and many other critical questions. Even more important, entrepreneur and consultant David Nour shows how to develop long-term relationships with financial partnerÑthe people who can help

Contents:

Why undercapitalized companies don't survive

Smart capital

Plan now or pay later

Bootstrapping and early stage creative capital

Big guns

institutional investors

Avenues for alternative capital

IPOs, reverse-mergers, and international markets

Valuations, acquisitions, and exit strategies

Value-added financial intermediaries

The experts speak : best practices to embrace and top mistakes to avoid.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400646607

9786612428708

9781282428706

1282428705

9780313356032

0313356033

OCLC:

646818009