How To Take A Company Public - Over The Counter Bulletin Board

By James Scott

There are many ways to use capital without using bank loans, lines of credit and other shady methods like shelf corps and bogus platform scams. If you are truly trying to raise capital for your company here are some simple breakdowns of your options with a quick definition for each one:

 PIPE: Private Investment In Public Equity this is used primarily by mutual funds and private investment firms where they buy discount stock in order to raise capital, there are two types of PIPEs traditional where common and preferred stock is issued at a set cap to raise money for the issuer and a structured pipe issues convertible debt.

 DPO: Direct Public Offering is when you sell equity shares directly to customers, suppliers and employees.

 PPM: Private Placement Memorandum is also known as an offering memorandum takes advantage of Regulation D rule exemptions 504, 505 and 506. This process came into existence with the'33 securities act and popularized in the late'80s, companies can raise money from the public via private placement; there is virtually zero interaction with the SEC after you file form d as long as you stay legal. (most popular form of fund raising).

 IPO: Initial Public Offering: extremely expensive, need SOX 404 audits, must have board of directors, quarterly financial reports to shareholders, report heavily to the SEC and 1 out of every 1000 companies that want an IPO actually qualify. I love participating in these but most companies just can't qualify for one reason or the other.

 OTCBB: Over the Counter Bulletin Board is an electronic quote system that is the next best thing if you can't go public via ipo, there is minimal red tape to startups and small businesses and is legitimized by the stringent ongoing reports to the SEC which keeps investor confidence high (these are extremely solid and I suggest this structure to companies when I am hired by their company or legal team as a consultant as a fast, easy way to raise big capital from the public otc)

 Pink Sheet: you can look at pink sheets as the Burger King, while the OTCBB is McDonalds, they are competing otc mechanisms. Pinks sheets are commonly referred to as penny stock and notorious for 'pump em' and dump em' controversies and a lot of crooked people are involved with this platform. This is not a long term process that will allow one's company to grow, pink sheets companies are typically short lived but it is cheap to set up but not a professional structure that could be upgraded in time to an IPO.

 Reverse Merger: a group funds the filing and creation of a public shell, they then sell that shell to a company that wants to go public, the established company merges it's entity into the public shell. The sellers retain around 30% equity after they charge an upfront fee of 300k to 1m. 99% of reverse mergers are successful with the merger, but unsuccessful to bring them to trade and the entity basically just fizzles out.

Taking your company public is actually quite simple and inexpensive when you have the right consultant putting the structure together for you. There are countless ways to raise capital quickly and easily. It's important that you understand your options before you waste time entering into the red tape infested banking system for a loan.

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Improve Your Way Of Living Through A Home Based Business

By Martin King

If you are tired of working the same job without the right advancements, something needs to change and soon. Those who have a wide range of skills might want to look into a home based business. There are many benefits that individuals can reap when they do take the time to learn about options and what they need to do in order to get started the right way.

Compared to the local business that you are thinking about starting up, the home based one is much easier. There is no shop or extra rent to make up, which means most of the sales are going to go right to you. Look into your skills to find out what is going to work and be sure to take advantage of the internet to get the best tools.

When you work from home, you do not have to be as professional as you are used to. Dealing with customers and clients from home will require some sort of professionalism, but overall the environment is going to be very relaxed. This means you will be able to get much more work done without feeling pressured or controlled by a boss.

Believe it or not, the pay is actually going to be higher. Now, this is not going to be a get rich over night type of career move. Individuals must make sure that they implement the right amount of patience so that they can build and work to get the right payouts.

In order to make sure that this opportunity does not pass you by, you must start immediately. Once you have the right idea, lay out the business plan and start from there. After that the rest is going to come relatively easy and you should be able to work your way.

Now is the time to start researching the type of home based business that you want to put yourself into. Think about what your current skills are and how you can get everything going. Do not hesitate to use a number of extra tools so that you can easily get the very best results and make the paycheck you have waiting for your whole life.

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Deciding To Choose Careers In Dentistry

By Adriana Noton

After all the researching you have done to pick careers in dentistry, then you may have picked out your perfect career. It may be the career you have always wanted. If you have that thought, then you may be really serious about starting to search for schools now that you have your career already picked out.

Working as an administrative assistant you'll be taking calls from people wanting to schedule an appointment so you have to be able to work the phone system as well as being on the computer to see what you have available. You would even want to build repor with the patient while you're looking up the information so their won't be any awkward silences.

Since being an x-ray technician is that one thing you have always wanted to do, then now would be a good time picking out schools that has an x-ray technician program. You may want to drive to all the schools in your area and pick up all kinds of information or you may would want to spend a whole day talking to advisers at different schools.

If you don't feel like going through or paying for that much schooling, you could also be an x-ray technician. What they do is they take the pictures of your teeth and have to tell you to turn your head a certain way so they can get the best pictures. To be an x-ray technician, does not require that much schooling. It does require you to do at least nine months of training so you could be in your career and graduated from the program in less than a year.

This may not be the best choice for you if all you want to do is just go to school and get it over with. If you hate school that much, just go to school to get your nine month training completed if you have decided to get a career as an x-ray technician. That way hopefully you'll be able to get a job quicker than someone who is going to school to get their associates degree.

The good thing about working as an x-ray technician is that not only you can work in the dentistry field, you can also work in a hospital as well as a nursing home. You might want to make those two be your back up choices if you're not able to find a job in the dentist field. What you always want to do is look for a job in dentistry first and then if you can't find anything, then try the medical field. Don't make the medical field be your first choice if you're planning on going in the dentist field.

What you may not know is that jobs in the medical field will increase seventeen percent so that might be something that would be of interest to you and you can check and see if that is possible for the dental field as well. You don't even have to be set on the dental field because you can be an x-ray technician anywhere where their's a medical and dental attention needed.

The point is what you want to make sure of is you know what you want to do first before you get into the schooling aspect of the careers in dentistry portion of it all. You don't want to drop any dental seminars because you don't like it anymore or it's too hard. If you do that, all your money would be spent wasted all that money on a degree you never wanted to finish and you would have to spend more money on your new degree.

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A Few Tips For Achieving Financial Independence

By Gerry Braun

Achieving financial independence is one of the major concerns of many people. The idea of not having to worry about bills, debt and enjoying the comforts of life is a dream come true for many. However, the reality of achieving this dream can seem unattainable, but with a little hard work and consistency, it is possible.

Keeping your life, in all aspects simple will help you achieve this goal. If you are considering a big decision such as buying a big investment or getting married, take your time and make sure you've done your research. Rushed decisions often mean expensive lessons.

If you have your eye on the bigger things in life, you're already ahead of most people. If you're always looking to buy the most expensive and newest gadget, this will drain your finances. If you know what you want out of life, it will help keep your wants in check.

Again, whenever you're making a big and expensive decision make sure to take your time. Do your research and make sure you've made the best possible decision. Doing your homework will help you secure the best quality along with the best price.

Avoid debt. Toxic debt will hinder your ability to save for the long term. Get rid of any bad debt you may have, this will help free up money for savings.

If achieving financial independence is a priority to you, you have to save. Save enough money so that you are able to invest and make it grow. When you actually have money, you can put it to work for you. How you invest will depend on how old you are, and your investment personality. In either case, seek the help of a reputable professional.

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Roller Girls Revive A Moribund Sport

By Ross Everett

Roller Derby has been around for years and was a staple of the early days of television. It was similar to its better known counterpart, pro wrestling and was seen on many of the same low powered UHF stations in the same bad timeslots. It had a similar borderline sleazy group of promoters and businessman that was common in the regional territory era of pro wrestling. Roller derby didn't have the success or popularity that pro wrestling did. There was a serious athletic component to be sure, but the dim witted storylines made pro wrestling look like Shakespeare. The sport does have its own history--most know that the LA T-Birds were the perennial champions of'70's, and Ann Calvello and Ralphie Valladares had been in the sport forever and were considered legends--but it never really stuck in the public consciousness like the pre-Hulk Hogan era of pro wrestling.

New era roller derby reached a national audience through the A&E reality series Roller Girls. It featured a local, all-girl roller derby league in Austin, Texas and followed the lives of the players on and off the track. While the show was oddly engaging, it was the first clue that many had that such a league existed in the first place. A sport that was never taken seriously to begin with and that was really living on borrowed time since the'60's before fading into the lowest level of obscurity had been rediscovered and embraced by an eclectic group of young women. They had kept the same essential format, thrown in a healthy dose of burlesque camp and Varga pin-up inspired glamour and made it into their own vibrant subculture. They changed some of the nomenclature and competitive format--in lieu of regularly scheduled games they renamed the competitions "bouts" a la MMA or boxing. The result was a compelling mixture of glamour, toughness and athleticism driven by a healthy dose of punk rock "do it yourself" mentality.

Today, roller derby is a full blown worldwide phenomenon. There are hundreds of local roller derby leagues not only in the United States, but Canada, Australia and Europe. Most of the local groups similarly play up the campy retro pin-up/hot rod iconography and everyone involved sure looks like they're having a good time. Between teams there's a vibe of good natured competitiveness and camaraderie.

This organic rebirth and growth of roller derby is a result of young women taking what essentially was TV time filler and made it into their own distaff 'action sport'. The roller derby circa 2009 is a matriarchal success story. No one is in it for the money, as these local groups are typically run as non-profit organization. The women involved have recreated this sport, and run it, promote it and compete in it on their own terms.

The new generation rollergirls also pay homage to their sports' pioneers much in the same way that skateboarders give props to Duane Peters and Tony Alva and surfers evoke the names of Duke Kahanamoku and Greg Noll. Many of the individual group websites have sections devoted to the history of roller derby, and the late Ann Calvello--regarded as the Queen of the original Roller Derby--is revered as something of a patron saint.

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Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and noted authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.

Roller Girls Bring A Dead Sport Into The 21st Century

By Ross Everett

Roller Derby was a staple of the early television era and was similar in its promotional format to its better known "sports entertainment" cousin, professional wrestling. It was frequently seen in the same bad timeslots on the same low powered UHF TV stations, and it was run by the same loose confederation of Runyanesque promoters and businessmen that characterized the regional territory era of pro wrestling. Unfortunately, roller derby didn't catch on the way professional wrestling did. There was obviously a serious athletic component to it, but the "angles" and storylines surrounding roller derby made pro wrestling seem like Ibsen by comparison. The sport does have its own history--most know that the LA T-Birds were the perennial champions of'70's, and Ann Calvello and Ralphie Valladares had been in the sport forever and were considered legends--but it never really stuck in the public consciousness like the pre-Hulk Hogan era of pro wrestling.

New era roller derby reached a national audience through the A&E reality series Roller Girls. It featured a local, all-girl roller derby league in Austin, Texas and followed the lives of the players on and off the track. While the show was oddly engaging, it was the first clue that many had that such a league existed in the first place. A sport that was never taken seriously to begin with and that was really living on borrowed time since the'60's before fading into the lowest level of obscurity had been rediscovered and embraced by an eclectic group of young women. They had kept the same essential format, thrown in a healthy dose of burlesque camp and Varga pin-up inspired glamour and made it into their own vibrant subculture. They changed some of the nomenclature and competitive format--in lieu of regularly scheduled games they renamed the competitions "bouts" a la MMA or boxing. The result was a compelling mixture of glamour, toughness and athleticism driven by a healthy dose of punk rock "do it yourself" mentality.

Today, roller derby is a full blown worldwide phenomenon. There are hundreds of local roller derby leagues not only in the United States, but Canada, Australia and Europe. Most of the local groups similarly play up the campy retro pin-up/hot rod iconography and everyone involved sure looks like they're having a good time. Between teams there's a vibe of good natured competitiveness and camaraderie. In the US, these groups exist under the auspices of a national organization called the Womens Flat Track Derby Association. Las Vegas has the 'Sin City Roller Girls', Portland, Oregon the 'Rose City Rollers" and Seattle the 'Rat City Rollers'. There are now groups in not only the larger and traditionally "hipper" cities but also smaller communities such as Birmingham, Alabama and Omaha, Nebraska.

The young women in roller derby have taken what was cast off TV time filler and revived it into their own distaff 'action sport'. The community that has sprung up around it bears a striking resemblance to the skateboarding or snowboarding subculture. There's one big difference--in contrast to more male dominated action sports the roller derby circa 2009 is just the opposite--a living, breathing matriarchal success story.

The new generation rollergirls also pay homage to their sports' pioneers. Many of the individual group websites have sections devoted to the history of roller derby, and the late Ann Calvello--regarded as the Queen of the original Roller Derby--is revered as something of a patron saint. The Texas Rollergirl group featured in the A&E series has renamed their championship the Calvello Cup.

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Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sports news and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Southern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

Start Your Own Business Making Business Cards

By Nathan Armistead

Do you know any person who doesn't have a business card of their own? Most people use the modern technology, it really makes life easy. In the past, owning a business card was something limited to only high ranked employees. But today even girls and boys going to college have their very own card. It is easy, when you want people to contact you, you can just hand them your card, that way they will always remember you, and will be able to contact you.

In the past when you meet someone you would like to go on a date with, you simply write your number on a napkin or receipt and slip it into that persons hands. Maybe you never got a call from that person, maybe the napkin got thrown away accidently. Why risk it being thrown away? Now you can hand over your business card, and you can be sure you will receive a call. Since it is convenient to everybody, why don't you start a business making cards? It is surely going to be very profitable. You can find many companies online which provide this service. You can personalize it to bring out yourself and the type of business you are into.

Before you start dreaming of your future cash flow, there are some things that you need - the first and most important thing is the ability. You can not charge people for sub-standard products. If you need a bit of help, you can find business card designs online. Some sites might charge you, but many of them are available for download free. Next is a computer where you can design your cards, and you will need a good quality printer with lots of ink since some of your future customers might want a lot of colors in their cards. Do not worry, as you can charge them accordingly.

It will be quite hard if you don't have the ability to do this. So consider this before you start making plans. You should have your own PC and printer. Make sure you purchase coloured papers, glossy, matte and patterned papers. You can make a scrap book and include some of your designs to show your work to your customers. If you please your customers they will even recommend you to their colleagues and friends.

This is your starting point if you are looking to start a small business. You do not need much space or capital if you already have the PC and printer. Once you have all the materials you need, you can start advertising via social networking sites or put up flyers in your neighborhood. You might even want to leave business cards of your own in cafes or restaurants, but make sure that you include your contact numbers and the name of your business.

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