Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I Getting Ready to Raise Capital
1. Capital-Formation Strategies and Trends
2. Understanding Legal and Governance Structures
3. The Role Your Business Plan Plays
Part II Early-Stage Financing
4. Start-Up Financing
5. The Art and Science of Bootstrapping
6. Private Placements
7. Commercial Lending
8. Leasing, Factoring, and Government Programs
Part III Growth Financing
9. Venture Capital
10. Anatomy of a Venture-Capital Transaction
11. Preparing for an Initial Public Offering
12. The Mechanics of an Initial Public Offering
Part IV Alternatives to Traditional Financing
13. Franchising, Joint Venture, Co-Branding, and Licensing
14. Mergers and Acquisitions
15. Capital Formation Business Growth Resources Directory
Appendix
Index
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