It's packed with essential information on the process of taking your company public. The book focuses on high technology startups, typically venture backed. The lessons presented also apply to creating new enterprises within existing corporations. It is popular in Silicon Valley.
Universities use it as a textbook.
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance - Text for a first courses in business or corporate finance assumes only passing familiarity with basic accounting and knowledge of basic algebra, and provides a unified treatment of financial management that emphasizes the basic logic of financial decision making and the role of the financial manager as decision maker. The book includes a sample business plan, but also explanations as to why certiain information should be included, and suggestions as to how to present the information. In the Corporate Finance Forum , attorneys, investment bankers and corporate executives discuss financing issues. Go directly to the Corporate Finance Forum , or search all of the forums for the topics of interest to you. A primer on the federal securities laws.