He has prepared or participated in the preparation of business plans and/or the required securities disclosure documents, along with Blue Sky compliance for more than 250 such offerings during his 18 year securities law career, including public and private production-money offerings for feature films, television pilots, documentaries, infomercials, live stage plays and Internet companies. Other such offerings have been conducted for development, packaging, completion and distribution funding. In a broader sense, Mr. Cones also works with entrepreneurs on investor financing of business startups.