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Take Your Company Public – S1 Lawyers – Private Placement Memorandum – You’re A Yummy Treat For Wolves

So many companies make gargantuan mistakes that are irreversible when it comes to fund-raising. Whether you're taking a company public, finding an attorney to file your S1 or using a consultant to write a Private Placement Memorandum to raise capital; you need to know that you are a tantalizing snack for industry wolves. Companies seeking the above services with ill-informed executive decision makers often fall prey to predatory consultants who have no intention and couldn't fulfill the services they are being hired for even if they wanted to. Upstarts and fast talkers who call themselves 'business consultants' are usually nothing more than resellers of a service who is a boilerplate, template driven organization without the contacts or know-how to facilitate an IPO, S1 or PPM.

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Posted by Steven Placard - July 28, 2010 at 9:29 am

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Regulation D 504, 505 And 506 Will Not Get You The Funding You Need: A Must Read

For those of you in a mad dash for funding you've obviously realized that banks and institutional lenders aren't going to be parting with their cash anytime soon. The bailout money provided to them by our tax dollars was meant o jump-start the entrepreneurial community and spike job creation but this just as everything else our government does with the shake down capital it rapes from it's citizens is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

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Posted by Steven Placard - June 17, 2010 at 9:26 am

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Do You think You’re Ready To Raise Capital for Your Business? Most Likely . . . You’re Not!

Whether you're trying to raise debt or equity capital there are still certain unwritten rules that apply that cater to the mentality of today's investor and funding community. Certainly there are scores of private placement memorandum and business plan chop shops that wouldn't know how to properly consult with your company or write a fundable document even if they wanted to but they will gladly take your money to throw together a template and try to pass it off as custom work.

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Posted by Steven Placard - January 5, 2010 at 10:22 am

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PPM Offering Secrets: How To Raise Capital Quickly!

If you're trying to raise capital there are regulations set forth by the SEC to make sure everyone is conducting business ethically and in a way that can keep one accountable for their actions if fraud takes place. Regulation D Rule exemptions 504, 505 and 506 offer solid fundraising capabilities that can handle most investment needs. Companies typically hire a consulting firm to author these documents and within 30 days you're off and running and talking to investors; that is, of course talking to investors while staying within the boundaries of Rule 502c which dictates the guidelines for solicitation which means no active promotion of the issuance of your securities.

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Posted by Steven Placard - December 24, 2009 at 10:19 am

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Take Your Company Public and Get Through Due Diligence Fast With A Good Publicist

Think about it, if you're making the costly mistake of paying your publicist to pitch radio, print media and television executives to give you a minute and insignificant slot in their barrage of media hodgepodge so you can go in, swallow your pride, look like an idiot to the masses then walk away with your tail tucked between your legs it's time to wake up and experience the cutting edge hybrid publicity marketer and all the power that goes with it.

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Posted by Steven Placard - November 27, 2009 at 1:05 pm

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