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  • Giving Investors Information: The PPM

    The legal documents included in a Private Placement Memorandum give potential investors necessary information about your company, the terms of the securities being offered and the risks of buying and holding them. Here’s how to put it together.

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  • Private Placement Offerings

    Issuing shares privately is a viable way for small and growing businesses to raise capital, exempt from many registration and reporting requirements. Here are the rules you need to know.

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  • Building a Business Beyond Now

    Adaptation to change is a top priority for the founder of a fast-growing company that provides information-management solutions for home-care agencies. Leadership sets the standards for performance. But the bottom line is the bottom line, especially in tighter capital markets. The best way to foster endurance is to build value by satisfying your paying customers.

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  • The Blessing of Complaints: How Rantings and Ravings Can Help You Succeed

    When customers complain, you’re getting market intelligence for free. Treat every gripe as a chance to fix the problem and build your company’s reputation for good service.

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  • Methods of Company Valuation

    Whatever formula you use to calculate the market value of a business–assets, performance or other multiples–a good starting point may be all it provides. Here’s why–along with the other factors that count.

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  • Basics of Company Valuation

    Valuation may be done for a wide range of reasons and is not an exact science, whatever method you use. To understand how a company’s fair market value is reached, start here.

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  • From Creation to Evolution

    Durability requires planning, says a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded his own companies and is helping others start theirs. Market conditions, management skills and smart money must be factored into the equation. Even with everything going for you, be prepared for a steep staircase and more than one ceiling to crash as your company climbs toward a successful future.

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  • A Top Team Is Key to Growth

    Unless you have a strong team at the top, you and your company will struggle under the weight of growth. Knowing how to select, manage and lead a Top Team is one of the secrets to growth.

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  • Experience on Stage

    Entrepreneurs can bring valuable experience and charisma to a classroom. This article describes techniques that can make or break your lecture and have students lining up for more instead of nodding out.

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