Download or read book Secrets of the Inc 500 written by Advantage Media Group and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2012 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, Inc. magazine compiles its Inc. 500 list, honoring the fastest-growing companies in the United States. In Secrets of the Inc. 500, CEOs and other leaders from those companies offer their unique insight into how their companies were able to achieve such profound growth. The leaders featured in this book, some of the most successful business leaders in America today, speak candidly about their successes and failures, leaving us with clues about how we might improve our own businesses and our lives. By imparting their particular philosophies and strategies, and by offering real-life anecdotes, these leaders give us a glimpse into their worlds and help us understand how we might achieve the same level of success they have. Secrets of the Inc. 500 is a valuable collection of wisdom for anyone interested in the art of business or the business of life. This volume will serve as a useful tool and a resource guide.

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Download or read book IPOs and Equity Offerings written by Ross Geddes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An initial public offering (IPO) is one of the most significant events in corporate life. It follows months, even years of preparation. During the boom years of the late 1990s bull market, IPOs of growth companies captured the imagination and pocketbooks of investors like never before. This book goes behind the scenes to examine the process of an offering from the decision to go public to the procedures of a subsequent equity offering. The book is written from the perspective of an experienced investment banker describing the hows and whys of IPOs and subsequent equity issues. Each aspect of an IPO is illustrated with plenty of international examples pitched alongside relevant academic research to offer a combination of theoretical rigour and practical application. Topics covered are: - the decision to go public- legal and regulatory aspects of an offering; marketing and research- valuation and pricing- allocations of shares to investors - examination of fees and commissions* Global perpective: UK, European and US practices, regulations and examples, and case studies* First hand experience written by an IPO trader with academic rigour* Includes the changes in the market that resulted from 1998-2000 equity boom

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Download or read book The Venturesome Economy written by Amar Bhidé and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many warn that the next stage of globalization--the offshoring of research and development to China and India--threatens the foundations of Western prosperity. But in The Venturesome Economy, acclaimed business and economics scholar Amar Bhidé shows how wrong the doomsayers are. Using extensive field studies on venture-capital-backed businesses to examine how technology really advances in modern economies, Bhidé explains why know-how developed abroad enhances--not diminishes--prosperity at home, and why trying to maintain the U.S. lead by subsidizing more research or training more scientists will do more harm than good. When breakthrough ideas have no borders, a nation's capacity to exploit cutting-edge research regardless of where it originates is crucial: "venturesome consumption"--the willingness and ability of businesses and consumers to effectively use products and technologies derived from scientific research--is far more important than having a share of such research. In fact, a venturesome economy benefits from an increase in research produced abroad: the success of Apple's iPod, for instance, owes much to technologies developed in Asia and Europe. Many players--entrepreneurs, managers, financiers, salespersons, consumers, and not just a few brilliant scientists and engineers--have kept the United States at the forefront of the innovation game. As long as their venturesome spirit remains alive and well, advances abroad need not be feared. Read The Venturesome Economy and learn why--and see how we can keep it that way.

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Download or read book Raising Entrepreneurial Capital written by John B. Vinturella and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Entrepreneurial Capital guides the reader through the stages of successfully financing a business. The book proceeds from a basic level of business knowledge, assuming that the reader understands simple financial statements, has selected a specific business, and knows how to write a business plan. It provides a broad summary of the subjects that people typically research, such as "How should your company position itself to attract private equity investment?" and "What steps can you take to improve your company's marketability?" Much has changed since the book was first published, and this second edition places effects of the global recession in the context of entrepreneurship, including the debt vs. equity decision, the options available to smaller businesses, and the considerations that lead to rapid growth, including venture capital, IPOs, angels, and incubators. Unlike other books of the genre, Raising Entrepreneurial Capital includes several chapters on worldwide variations in forms and availability of pre-seed capital, incubators, and the business plans they create, with case studies from Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. - Combines solid theory with a practitioner's experience and insights - Case studies illustrate theory throughout the book - Updated to reflect the realities of the global economic recession

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