LEADER 04603nam 22005414a 450 001 9910817657203321 005 20230617003724.0 010 $a1-4237-4212-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000449667 035 $a(EBL)3035116 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3035116 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3035116 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091909 035 $a(OCoLC)567938049 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000449667 100 $a20040727d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 10$aFinancing your small business$b[electronic resource] /$fBy James E. Burk & Richard P. Lehman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNaperville, Ill. $cSphinx Pub.$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-57248-450-0 327 $a""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""How to Approach This Book""; ""Chapter 1: Choosing the Form of Your Business""; ""Sole Proprietorship""; ""Registered Agents""; ""Partnership""; ""Corporation""; ""Limited Liability Company""; ""Nonprofit Entities""; ""Joint Ventures and Corporate Partnerships""; ""Choosing the State in Which to Form Your Business""; ""Qualifications for Starting a Business""; ""How-To Procedures""; ""Business Comparison Chart""; ""Business Start-Up Checklist"" 327 $a""Chapter 2: Business Strategy, Planning, and Feasibility Analysis""""Strategy""; ""Developing Strategy""; ""Business Plan""; ""Feasibility Analysis""; ""Structuring Your Business Plan""; ""Questions to Ask""; ""Consultants vs. Do-It-Yourself""; ""What the Experts Say""; ""Summary""; ""Sample Executive Summary""; ""Chapter 3: Equity Financing""; ""Ownership""; ""Corporation Equity""; ""Warrants""; ""Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Equity""; ""Raising Capital in Stages""; ""Chapter 4: Debt Financing""; ""Bank Loans""; ""Small Business Administration (SBA)""; ""Credit Cards"" 327 $a""Home Equity Lines""""Retirement Funds""; ""Life Insurance Borrowing""; ""Financial Brokers""; ""Reverse Mergers""; ""Factoring""; ""Revenue Participation/Royalty Financing""; ""Merchant Banking""; ""SBIC Financing""; ""Private Debt""; ""Combining Equity and Debt Financing""; ""Chapter 5: Securities Law""; ""Understanding Securities Laws""; ""Brief History of Securities Laws""; ""The Rise of Rule 506 of Regulation D""; ""Disclosure Requirements""; ""The Sale of Securities and the Issuer Exemption""; ""Integration of Offerings""; ""State Securities (Blue Sky) Laws"" 327 $a""Notice of FIlings of Securities""""Rule 504 and 505 Offerings""; ""Regulation A Offerings""; ""Follow-Up and Closing an Offering""; ""Chapter 6: Licensing and Franchising""; ""Licensing""; ""Franchising""; ""Business Opportunities""; ""Chapter 7: Friends, Angels, and Venture Capital Sources""; ""Friends and Family""; ""Angels""; ""Venture Capital""; ""What They Look For""; ""Valuation""; ""Angel Networks and Entrepreneurial Forums""; ""Chapter 8: Presentations and the Language of Capital""; ""Content""; ""Design and Presentation""; ""The Presenter""; ""The Rules of Power point"" 327 $a""Learning to Close and When""""Declining Money""; ""Chapter 9: Corporate Governance""; ""Registered Agents""; ""Initial Reports""; ""Annual Reports""; ""Money and Accounting""; ""Signing Documents""; ""Bank Accounts""; ""Corporate Governance for Corporations""; ""Corporate Records""; ""Sample Script for Annual Meeting""; ""Corporate Governance for Limited Liability Companies""; ""Chapter 10: How to Choose Professionals""; ""Attorneys and Accountants""; ""Other Consultants""; ""Sequence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Endnotes""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendix A: Business Plan"" 327 $a""Appendix B: Corporation Formation Documents"" 606 $aSmall business$zUnited States$xFinance 606 $aSmall business$xFinance$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aNew business enterprises$zUnited States$xFinance 606 $aNew business enterprises$xFinance$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aSmall business$xFinance. 615 0$aSmall business$xFinance$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aNew business enterprises$xFinance. 615 0$aNew business enterprises$xFinance$xLaw and legislation 676 $a658.15/224 700 $aBurk$b James E$01615156 701 $aLehmann$b Richard P.$f1966-$01615157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817657203321 996 $aFinancing your small business$93945229 997 $aUNINA