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Important Questions to be Answered:
How to identify and obtain capital. How to determine the amount of capital needed. How to use letter stock to promote the deal. How to use stock options to build a team. How to position your firm or client. What is the market for debt and equity funding. What types of deals have been funded. What are the criteria for qualifying for financing. How to determine or find that window of opportunity. How to balance between costs and the best terms. What is the critical mass and optimal mass required. How to plan for subsequent rounds of financing. When to bootstrap vs. use other people's money (OPM). When to consider offshore money havens. When to consider foreign investors. Exit strategies for participants, promoters, and investors.
Types of Financing:
Private Placement Venture Capital IPO - Initial Public Offering Corporate Investment Strategic Alliance Joint Venture Acquisition Financing Buyout Financing Leveraged Buyout Merger vs. Acquisition Acquire Public Shell with Cash Mezzanine Financing Raising Capital via the Internet Secondary Offerings Asset-Based Funding SBIC Funding Armed Forces Research Grants Bank Financing Regulation S Offering Community Development Bank Financing Regulation A Offering Regulation 504 Offering Government Grants SBIR STTR ATP Angel Investors Foreign Investors
Six Common Uses of Funds:
Working Capital Capital Equipment Capital for Acquisitions Seed Money Capital Capital for R & D Capital for Marketing
There are many points on the compass, as there are numerous methods to raise venture capital!
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CEO's Strategic Planner is a dynamic financial decision support system to be used in the overall strategic and detailed operations business financial planning process. It allows the user to easily obtain a total simulation analysis of the firm from a multidimensional view using the following: (1) profitability, (2) cash flow, (3) earnings growth, (4) return on investment (ROI), (5) capitalization planning, (6) uses of cash for inventory and operations, (7) capital budgeting, (8) growth performance, (9) break-even analysis, (10) human resource requirements planning based upon average annual revenue per employee and the sales forecast, (11) facilities space requirements planning, (12) multiple product or service forecasting and costing and (13) new product mix development.
There are three major models for each of ten major industry sectors, including 3 general models. CEO's strategic Planner includes the following 32 key models: (1) Eleven Industry Specific Models that allow the input of up to six years of historical Income Statement and Balance Sheet data, resulting in a five-year forecast. All models generate the two standard cash flow statements; ILAR's 25 Key Financial Ratios; Robert Morris Associate's 40 Key Ratios; Company Valuation Analysis with seven common business valuation methods; Advanced Financial Analysis Statement with six growth performance ratios, two break-even analyses, ten personnel and space planning ratios, the Aragon maximum growth analysis, and the Venture Capitalist Hockey Stick Formula; (2) Ten Five-Year Models for general, distribution, manufacturing, service, contractor, health care, NFP firms, government organizations, and high tech convertible preferred stock deals, where each allows the input of up to 252 basic assumptions in the first two statements, serving as self-documentation, and then creates a five-year simulation of the firm's operations by producing the eight key financial statements; (3) Ten 24-Month, Monthly Models have similar formats to the Five-Year Models, but are designed for operations planning, where each produces a simulation of the firm's short-term performance on a monthly basis with eight key statements; and (4) The Combo Model, which is a financial model that projects 12-month, monthly followed by 8 quarters, with annual totals.
Features: All models meet generally accepted accounting principles, and let the user understand the logic and formulas involved. They are a business financial simulation of the real world and allow customization and fine-tuning. All models have operating cash flow, free cash flow, total cash flow, EVA analyses, business valuation analysis, etc.
System: Works with Excel under Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, ME, 2000 & NT; Excel on the Apple Macintosh PC series; & Lotus 1-2-3. Requires 16 MB RAM and 8 MB of hard disk.
Pricing: Suggested retail is $1,500.00. Special: $995.00 and includes free technical support, 450-page user manual, a free copy of Bottomline-V ($499 value), and 12 CPE credits.
Contact: Dr. John F. Richardson, ILAR Systems, Inc. 334 Baywood Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA Phone: (949)640-2985 or (949)759-8987 Toll FREE in USA only: 1-800-357-3130 FAX: (949)640-7233
Bottomline-V Business Planning & Valuation System is ideal for analyzing the following: (1)profitability, (2) cash flow, (3) earnings growth, (4) return on investment (ROI), (5) capitalization planning, (6) uses of cash for inventory and operations, (7) capital budgeting, (8) growth performance, (9) multiple product or service forecasting and costing and (10) operating expense, budget planning. It generates all of the financials necessary to manage a business with forecasting, modeling, simulation, and valuation analysis. As an automatic by-product, it produces seven business valuation methods and 60 financial ratios based upon income and assets.
After completing a 12-month budget, the user has the option of doing a one-year or two-year monthly simulation model, two-year quarterly analysis projection, or five-year, annual financial forecast and analysis of the business enterprise from a multi-dimensional perspective, including multiple revenue forecasting and costing and detailed budget planning, divided into G&A, sales and marketing, non-officer payroll, officer compensation, engineering, and research & development (R&D), etc. The system has industry specific five-year models for manufacturing; service; wholesale, retail & distribution; health care; construction/contractor; real estate; and not-for-profit, as well as a five-year leveraged buyout (LBO) model. The RANGE model allows input of up to six years of historical, year-end Income Statement and Balance Sheet data, and when calculated, it generates a standard ratio analysis statement divided into overall Performance, Profitability Measures, Test of Investment Utilization, Test of Financial Condition, Financial Leverage, Market Value of Common Shares using a Times Earnings Factor and a Times Net Asset Value Factor, and the Altman Z-Factor for financial health analysis. The Robert Morris Associates 40 Key Ratios is also generated, followed by a Business Valuation Analysis Statement using seven common methods. Then, all seven statements are projected five years into the future using 19 key variable averages from the data input. All eleven years can then be printed for review and analysis,including the factor column with the 19 variables, after which a new future can be created by doing multiple "What-if ..?" analyses.
Features: All models meets generally accepted accounting principles and allows the user to understand the logic and formulas involved. It comes with 35 programs and models that can be customized or fine-tuned. All models include operating cash flow, free cash flow, balance sheet cash, cash flow (after reserves), and EVA analyses.
Systems: Works with Excel with all versions of Windows; Excel on Apple Macintosh PC series; and Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro and compatibles under DOS, Windows and Unix operating systems. Requires 8 Megabytes of RAM and 5 MB of harddisk.
Pricing: Suggested retail is $695. Special: $499 (Starter Kit: $299). Includes 200-page user manual, free support, 33-page business valuation write-up, and 12 CPE credits.
Contact: Dr. John F. Richardson, ILAR Systems, Inc., 334 Baywood Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660, USA Phone: (949)640-2985 or (949)759-8987 FAX: (949)640-7233
Bottomline-V Business Financial Planning Starter Kit
Bottomline-V Business Financial Planning Starter Kit was designed for start-up companies or new ventures, plus firms in business for 1 to 3 years. It is ideal for analyzing the following: (1) profitability, (2) cash flow, (3) earnings growth, (4) return on investment (ROI), (5) capitalization planning, (6) uses of cash for inventory and perations, (7) capital budgeting, (8) growth performance, (9) multiple product or service forecasting and costing and (10) operating expense, budget planning. It generates all of the financials necessary to manage a new business or a small business.
After completing a 12-month budget/cash flow program, the user then prepares a five-year, annual financial forecast and analysis of the business enterprise from a multi-dimensional perspective, including multiple revenue forecasting and costing and detailed budget planning, divided into G&A, sales and marketing, non-officer payroll, officer compensation, engineering, and research & development (R&D), etc. The system has industry specific five-year models for manufacturing; service; wholesale, retail & distribution; health care; construction/contractor; real estate; and not-for-profit firms. The five-year models generate the following statements: Income or P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, a 25 key ratio analysis statement divided into Overall Performance, Profitability Measures, Test of Investment Utilization, Test of Financial Condition, Financial Leverage, Market Value using a Times Earnings Factor and a Times Net Asset Value Factor, and the Altman Z-Factor for the financial health analysis of manufacturing or capital intensive firms. The Robert Morris Associates 40 Key Ratios is also generated automatically, but the Robert Morris database is not included. The 700 page RMA Annual Statement studies is found in most libraries.
Features: This system meets generally accepted accounting principles and allows the user to easily understand the logic and formulas involved. It comes with 14 programs and models that can be customized or fine-tuned. All models include operating cash flow, free cash flow, balance sheet cash, net cash (after reserves), and EVA analyses.
Systems: Works with Excel under Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, ME, 2000 & NT and Excel on the Apple Macintosh family of PC's. Also, it works with Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro and compatibles. Requires 4 Megabytes of RAM.
Pricing: Suggested retail: $395.00. Special: $299.00. Includes 200-page user manual, updated technical notes, and free technical support.
Contact: Dr. John F. Richardson, ILAR Systems, Inc. 334 Baywood Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA Phone: (949)640-2985 or (949)759-8987 FAX: (949)640-7233
