The Cost Of Raising Money The Cost of Raising Moneyby William CateOnly your family, friends, governments and fools ignore basic funding guidelines. These costs have evolved over time because they reflect the cost of helping the foolish find the foolish.To raise money, you need a short, enticing executive summary and a credible business plan. A professionally written business plan usually costs between US$7,000 and US$15...... Similar Editorial : by William Cate. | Source : Budget Planning
Raising Money Private companies seek risk capital from American Venture Capital Firms (VCs) and wealthy individuals called Angel Investors. A 2003 study shows that U.S. Domestic company odds of raising money from Venture Capitalists are less than one business plan in ten thousand will be funded. The initial VC capitalization will be for less than one million dollars and the Venture Capitalists will want at...... Similar Editorial : by Jeff Earlywine. | Source : Budget Planning
Friends Who Owe You Money Can Quickly Become Former Friends Here are a couple of scenarios. Your friends are over for a Christmas tree decorating party. Two of the guys know that you sell pre-owned designer men's suits on eBay. They ask you if you have any new stock because they could use a new sports coat. Sure look in the hall closet, see if you like anything. After five minutes both men return, one wearing a Hugo Boss suit coat and the other is sporting...... Similar Editorial : by Lin Miao. | Source : Convert Dollars To English Pounds
Get Your Budget Off The Ground The first smart secret to a budget is to set a goal. Set an overall goal for your budget. In many cases this is going to be to reduce debt to a certain level or raise your credit score to a certain level. Without a goal and target to shoot for, you will end up going somewhere completely different. Make sure that you take your goal though and leave it open.Have an open goal means that when you...... Similar Editorial : by Marc Deschamps. | Source : Cd Money Market Rates
Americas Two Roads To Recession The Home Real Estate Perception is ChangingFor middle class Americans, residential real estate has proven to be the only effective conservation hedge against inflation. Mortgage rates are at or below the U.S. inflation rate. Mortgage interest payments are tax deductible. American homebuyers can avoid paying taxes on their profits from the sale of private homes. In the past year, U.S. Residential...... Similar Editorial : by CarMatchPro. | Source : Money Transfer Account
Recession Planning If you are a Government bureaucrat with over tens years at your job, theodds are you have nothing to fear from a Recession. If you work in theprivate sector, you should carefully access your unemployment risks now andtake whatever action best meets your potential problems during a Recession.If you are near the brink of bankruptcy, Congress wants to make your life aliving hell. They passed the ...... Similar Editorial : by Andrew Regan. | Source : Money Transfer Account
Bootstrapping Your Company To Success Bootstrapping Your Company to SuccessBy: William CatePublished August 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Often, service-oriented businesses can bootstrap themselves tosuccess. Bootstrapping is a policy of reinvesting all the money a companyearns into the growth of that company. The owner may not...... Similar Editorial : by Nilesh Gore. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
List Your Company In The States List Your Company in the StatesBy William CatePublished March 2000[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]The alternative to listing your shares on the OTCBB is to list them on the NYSE, AMEX NASDAQ or a Regional American Stock Exchange. The Target Company balance sheet and time argue against using the New...... Similar Editorial : by Jimmy Spier. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
Professional Help Funding Your Company Professional Help Funding Your CompanyBy William CatePublished April 2001[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] It costs money to raise money. Here are the primary costs in doing anInitial Public Offering (IPO). Your securities attorney will charge you anywhere from $75,000 to over onemillion dollars....... Similar Editorial : by Monte Zwang. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
Structuring Your Company Structuring Your CompanyBy William CatePublished October 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] In Canada, you'll pay 60% taxes on your pretax profit. In the UnitedStates you'll pay Federal and States taxes on your pretax profit. Thismeans that a California business pays 41% in taxes. You make money...... Similar Editorial : by Nilesh Gore. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
Is Your Company Ready To Go Public? Is Your Company Ready to Go Public?By William CatePublished November 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]You're not ready, unless you can afford to go public. Do you havethe money? If you don't have the money, where do you expect to find it? Youshould budget about $1.25 million to do an IPO (Initial...... Similar Editorial : by jarberman. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
Why Private Company Owners Sell To Multinational Corporations Why Private Company Owners Sell to Multinational CorporationsBy William CateJuly 2004[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/][http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Your multinational corporation's mandate is to buy private companies. You want to build your public company's revenues to US$100 million/year. Then, you'll sell it to a stronger...... Similar Editorial : by William Cate. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
The Two Reasons To Take Your Company Public The Two Reasons to Take Your Company PublicAs Told in Two Modern FablesBy William CateAugust 2004[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]In the tradition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, here are two fables that illustrate to entrepreneurs and investors why being public is the only sound business strategy.The...... Similar Editorial : by jarberman. | Source : Corporate Hierarchy
Non-U.S. Companies Public In The States Non-U. S. Companies Going Public in the StatesBy William CatePublished November 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] Why should your company go public in the United States? If you area non-U. S. Private company, here are ten reasons why you should file yourprospectus with the U. S. Securities and...... Source : Ethical Dilemmas Business
Could A Roth IRA Be Better Than A 401K Very few people whom I know are familiar with the benefits of the Roth IRA. It was named for the late Senator William Roth of Rhode Island, who proposed it. It is similar to a traditional IRA except contributions are never tax-deductible. Contributions to traditional IRAs are sometimes deductible or partially deductible, depending on your income and whether or not you have a retirement plan like a...... Similar Editorial : by lawrence_groves. | Source : Roth Ira Distribution
