Private businesses or companies opt to go public for a number of reasons but one of the most common is to raise capital to fuel the growth of the company. Going public involves selling shares to the public without losing control of your business and the process of selling these shares is called an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO process may also be used to raise funds for Initial Start-up Funding. Here below are the important considerations in taking companies public.
The first step is to convert your business into a corporation if you have not already done so. To take a company public, the business structure needs to be a corporation. Find expert help such as an experienced attorney so that you can get the legal structure and documentation that is most beneficial for your business. Make sure that your financials are in order and have been audited because in the IPO process, potential investors may ask questions about financial transactions which you have to justify. Start to create a favorable buzz about your company by using such techniques as viral marketing on the Internet which will cost you very little money. Some IPO consulting firms offer the full package from preparing the documents that you will need to move forward with your public listing, to running a full-pledged Investor Relations campaign for you.
One of the most important decisions that you will have to make is in the choice of an IPO consulting firm. Ensure that your IPO consultants have a high degree of credibility and a well-established track record. An experienced IPO consultant will advise you on the completion of the appropriate formalities as well as drawing up and registering the necessary documents. While choosing where to launch your IPO process, you should seriously consider going public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Going public in Frankfurt has many advantages such as a timeframe of as little as a few weeks and significant cost benefits when compared with other exchanges. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the third largest stock exchange in the world and if the proposed merger of Deutsche Bourse (which operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) with NYSE EuroNext materializes; they would become part of the largest exchange group in the world.
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