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Pitching a VC This white paper will lay the foundation for entrepreneurs and small and medium companies with to di... Full Details »	$39.95
Management Bandwidth for the IPO Are you thinking about taking your company public? If so, this is required reading for every member... Full Details »	$79.95
Rule 13D Rules governing Filing of Particular Schedules relevant to beneficial ownership.... Full Details »	$5.95
Sarbanes-Oxley: A Brush Stroke With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the landscape for public companies as well as ac... Full Details »	$9.95
NASDAQ / AMEX Comparison The OTC Bulletin Board is a quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and ... Full Details »	$19.95
The Realities of the Google IPO The portrait of Google by any estimation is one of American enterprise and ingenuity at its finest. ... Full Details »	$5.95
Regulation FD When Regulation FD went into effect, it effectively ended the confidential relationship management o... Full Details »	$9.95
Hart Scott Changes Impact FPIs The Federal Trade Commission has recently changed the exemption rules for foreign issuers. The rule... Full Details »	$9.95
How Can My Company Trade on the US Markets? The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposes a significantly reduced regulator... Full Details »	$29.95
Rule 13D Rules governing Filing of Particular Schedules relevant to beneficial ownership.... Full Details »	$5.95
Preferred Stock In the quest for understanding the value of corporate USA, the journey to determine value will event... Full Details »	$14.95
Due Diligence List Considering a transaction: joint venture, merger, acquisition, investment in a subsidiary, etc.? Bef... Full Details »	$29.95
Valuation Techniques If you're trying to grow your company, you're facing a lot of questions about your company's value. ... Full Details »	$14.95
Developing Financial Projections You’re sitting in a meeting with investors eager to hear your pitch. You’ve got great industry exper... Full Details »	$39.95
Auditor and Director Independence per the Sarbanes-Oxley Act As a result of increasing accounting and auditing fraud, the SEC has stated that the current supervi... Full Details »	$9.95
Good Reasons to Sell a Great Company Given the ever changing dynamics in a global economy, and daunting industry trends, some owners are ... Full Details »	$39.95
Business Combination Accounting This is a 21 p age PowerPoint overview of accounting acquisition nuances including: The acquisi... Full Details »	$9.95
State Blue Sky Issues The Standard & Poor's Market Access Program ensures that key information about a company is always a... Full Details »	$19.95
Trading OTCBB: Understanding the Landscape In connection with the SEC's approval of NASD Rule 6540 allowing ECNs/ATSs to display their best bid... Full Details »	$9.95
The Spin Zone Spin-offs occur very frequently for a reason. They can unlock substantial value for shareholders of ... Full Details »	$9.95
What is the “E” All About Have you ever seen a Ticker Symbol with more than four characters? Wondered what that fifth letter ... Full Details »	$9.95
Lock Up Agreement If you are involved in any capital structure evaluation or recapitalization effort or contemplating... Full Details »	$9.95
Overview of the M&A Process Bank of America has done it. Donald Trump has too. So, too, have thousands of other companies. In fa... Full Details »	$5.95
Convertible Securities - Death Spiral? “Death spiral convertibles” have increasingly become a more popular form of financing for cash-stra... Full Details »	$89.95
Public to Private: Current Market Trends The number of public companies calling it quits and going private is increasing, just as the number ... Full Details »	$9.95
Foreign Issuer BOD & SOX Compliance When the Securities and Exchange Commission applied Reg FD to domestic companies only, the internati... Full Details »	$9.95
Numbers Don't Lie: What Financial Statements Really Say About a Company As you move forward with the sale of your business, prospective buyers will primarily focus on your ... Full Details »	$9.95
Investor and Shareholder Protection It is a myth that shareholders can do little to mitigate their risk other than diversifying their po... Full Details »	$9.95
The Proxy Process In July of 2003, the SEC announced that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance had release... Full Details »	$9.95
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) This four page document addresses managing the business, technology, development, marketing and fina... Full Details »	$9.95
Asset Protection Thousands of lawsuits are filed in this country every day of the week. If you are engaged in any bu... Full Details »	$194.99
Job Ain’t Over Til The Paperwork is Done Every company leaves a paper trail. It’s either a happy trail leading to a land filled with milk an... Full Details »	$29.95
10-KSB Development Questionnaire The annual 10-KSB filing is required to contain more detailed information than your quarterly 10-QSB... Full Details »	$9.95
Naked Short Selling While NASD Rule 3350, “The Short Rule”, protects stock issues by prohibiting short sales on a down b... Full Details »	$19.95
Convertible Promissory Note If your firm is involved in a situation requiring a Note Purchase Agreement, do you know the standar... Full Details »	$9.95
Decisions, decisions, decisions: Making Good Decisions about Important Issues during Your Company’s IPO Like building a new house, the pre-IPO process is wrought with decisions. And they come not by the ... Full Details »	$29.95
SB2 Filing Package If you’re listening to advice from someone who hasn’t taken 10 companies public already, you’re in a... Full Details »	$197.00
Current Trends in Financings and Transactions This 8 page tome is the only industry publication that incorporates both the track record and future... Full Details »	$75.95
Alternatives to Selling Is there a way, you wonder, to have your business support you and your family without running it unt... Full Details »	$59.95
SOX 404 and the Small Company: Planning for Compliance Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 deals with the development and testing of internal con... Full Details »	$49.95
Valuation Techniques If you're trying to grow your company, you're facing a lot of questions about your company's value. ... Full Details »	$14.95
The Kitchen Sink: Miscellaneous Operational/Engineering Concerns This white paper introduces management teams to best practices for conducting site audit, supplier m... Full Details »	$29.95
Merger & Acquisition Process Selling your business will probably be the largest and most important transaction with which you are... Full Details »	$9.95
Capitalization Process and Model The purpose of this 6-page memorandum is to help officers, directors, and other managers interested ... Full Details »	$19.95
Certification Rule 302 With the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Act”) came many rules and revisions to rules that w... Full Details »	$9.95
The 'Hows' and 'Whys' of Structuring M&A Transactions After countless hours of mulling through financial statements and bargaining for every penny your bu... Full Details »	$39.95
D&O Insurance The escalation in the number of lawsuits already has driven premiums on D&O insurance up, and the ne... Full Details »	$5.95
Requiring Small Businesses to Expense Stock Options When large corporate scandals such as Enron and WorldCom were publicized in 2001, a great deal of ne... Full Details »	$29.95
Primer on Pricings of IPO’s The intended result of this 13 page white paper is to briefly outline the IPO process and to enhance... Full Details »	$19.95
How can the OTCBB be used as a Stepping Stone to the AMEX and NASDAQ? There are two trading systems that are separate from the National Market: the Over the Counter Bulle... Full Details »	$59.95
SEC Filing Schedule All fully reporting public companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statem... Full Details »	$9.95
Equity Buy-Backs Buy-back is a term which may not be clear to small company management or shareholders of significan... Full Details »	$9.95
S-8 Incentive Compensation Small public companies need to conserve cash to fuel their growth; they tend to avoid compensation p... Full Details »	$9.95
A Chancery Court for Nevada: Definition, Costs, and Benefits The paper defines how a chancery court differs from a common law court and from business courts, and... Full Details »	$49.95
The OTCBB – What it is, How it Works, and Why you Should be on it What is the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board? The Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB)... Full Details »	$19.95
Sarbanes-Oxley and Antifraud: Does Section 404 Help Small Companies? The deadline for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is approaching small businesses rapidly. While it looks l... Full Details »	$29.95
Regulation S Reg. S is a complex set of regulations and should only be used when advised by counsel with signific... Full Details »	$9.95
Separation & Release As a business owner or Human Resources Manager, you have decided to make some personnel changes. How... Full Details »	$9.95
The Importance of Compliance for SBIs The impact of non-compliance is profound. While many small issuers can operate with inconsistent co... Full Details »	$29.95
Interest on Stock Certificates This brief but significant white paper of three pages covers a relatively new aspect of the money ma... Full Details »	$9.95
Rules, Rules: To Err is Human; to Forgive, Divine -- Not Characteristic of Regulators. Before the lights on the marquee start flickering, companies really need to assess the projected cos... Full Details »	$29.95
The Best Offense is a Good Defense: Due Diligence Defense The landscape for private companies is so radically different than that of the public arena. Compan... Full Details »	$29.95
Financial Fraud: Big League vs. Little League History and each endeavor by man must balance the diabolical with the divine. There exists a common ... Full Details »	$29.95
Acquisition Financing Selecting the sources of debt and equity financing for a potential acquisition is a critical step. T... Full Details »	$15.95
Maximizing the Price When Selling a Company The art of negotiation plays a pivotal role in buying or selling a business. Differences of opinion... Full Details »	$39.95
10b5 Plan Insider trading prohibitions restrict executives and other insiders of public companies from trading... Full Details »	$9.95
Business Plan Development Guide Are you playing the funding game with prospective investors? Then you know the routine: Presentatio... Full Details »	$59.95
An Overview of State Blue Sky Laws Sole proprietorships have the greatest exposure for the business owner, who is responsible for suppl... Full Details »	$69.95
Business Combination Accounting This is a 21 p age PowerPoint overview of accounting acquisition nuances including: The acquisi... Full Details »	$9.95
The Proxy Process In July of 2003, the SEC announced that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance had release... Full Details »	$9.95
Analysis of Financial Statements As a business owner or shareholder you constantly evaluate your firm's financials to determine the o... Full Details »	$9.95
The Affordable IPO Alternative "Going Public doesn't have to mean Going Broke." Smaller businesses w... Full Details »	$129.99
Getting Prepared for the Emotional Rollercoaster of Going Public Much has been written on the legal and technical side of going public. This paper does not intend t... Full Details »	$29.95
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Included in this three-page white paper are some HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 which ... Full Details »	$9.95
Value Indicators for Intangible Oriented Companies Thinking about how your company will be valued by those with big bucks? If you have a public compan... Full Details »	$49.95
Valuing a Public to Private Deal The move from public to private is not a fire sale. Nor is it a return to the hostile leveraged buy-... Full Details »	$5.95
Preparing to Operate in “Stealth” Mode To operate with stealth means maintaining a low profile – giving no signal as to what your company i... Full Details »	$29.95