This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesVenture Capital
Raising capital for emerging growth companies has never been easy. Most entrepreneurs truly believe they have the next “big idea” and at first believe that venture capitalists (“VC’s”) will beat a path to their door. They [...]

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This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesInvestment Bankers
Investment Bankers are individuals who represent a company when they are seeking to raise money in the public or private marketplace. Keep in mind investment bankers are working on as many as a dozen different deals at any [...]

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This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesFinancing Your Company
There are a multitude of different types of financial structures to fund a deal but, for the most part, today’s deals for OTCBB companies get funded through what is commonly referred to as a PIPE (Private Investment in [...]

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This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesEquity Financing
Straight equity is easy enough to figure out. Your company sells restricted common shares of stock at a stated price, usually at a discount to the market, and the investors either get registration rights to sell those shares [...]

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This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesConvertible Debenture Financing
Convertible Debentures are, in most cases, the kiss of death when it comes to financing for a new company seeking to raise capital. It is a financial structure that can destroy a company if the Officers and [...]

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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesPreparation for Raising Capital
There is not an investment banker that will even consider looking at your deal unless you have three things:

Executive Summary

Business Plan

Power Point presentation

The first thing an investment banker will want to read is your Executive Summary. [...]

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This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesSeveral people have asked me for a blog entry about executive summaries. Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures http://www.garage.com/about/team.shtml , a seed and early stage venture capital firm, wrote this explanation, and it’s as good as it gets. [...]

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This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesBusiness Plan
The first thing that a Company must do prior to raising capital is preparing a comprehensive business plan. Most entrepreneurs loath the time and effort it will take to prepare a proper business plan. But just because [...]

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This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesPowerPoint Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations (“PP”) have become the defacto standard for company’s to present their story to investment bankers, venture capitalists and other funding sources. The reason that funding sources had switched to reading PP is it gives them the [...]

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This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Raising Capital for OTCBB Listed CompaniesConclusion

As we have seen getting prepared for presenting your company to the financial community is no small task. There are a multitude of decisions to make prior to assembling the information and providing a proper format for your presentation.

Keep [...]

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