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Your Guide to Financing Business

Growth by Selling a Piece of the Pie

What's involved in going public;

employee share ownership plans

and franchising in Canada

Revised 2009- 2010 Edition

By: Iain Williamson

Published December 2009

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book shows you how to finance business growth by selling a piece of the pie. Find out `what's involved in selling shares to the public and the advantages together with the disadvantages. This book covers the Canadian exchanges and their listing requirements as well as London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and one of the US exchanges, NASDAQ.

Learn how employee stock ownership plans work and how they can be used to raise capital; together with the advantages and disadvantages. Find out how some of the provincial governments will help.

Take a look at franchising as a method for financing growth. Consider some of the factors that you will need to take into account.

This book has been completely revised for 2009/2010 and now includes a section on private placements and on stock options as they relate to the Toronto Venture Exchange.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Iain Williamson is an entrepreneur, business consultant and seminar leader. His views have appeared in many newspaper articles. He has also been the guest speaker on a recent CBC Radio phone-in show on starting a business in a recession. In addition, he has appeared on television shows such as: CBC TV's Venture; TVO's MoneysWorth, and Canada Tonight of BCTV and CHCH Television.

Iain spent five years as a financial analyst in the stockbrokerage business and knows the underwriting process. For fourteen years he operated his own businesses in importing, high technology and manufacturing. He now operates Entrepreneurial Business Consultants of Canada and also owns a book publishing business. He holds degrees from Oxford University and from St. Andrew's, Scotland

This book is essential reading for entrepreneurs and business owners who want their companies to grow.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Going Public: The Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Chapter 3 - Rules of The Game

Chapter 4 - The Underwriting Process

Chapter 5 - Stock Exchanges

Chapter 6 - Listing Requirements for the Toronto Exchanges

Chapter 7 - Other Considerations in Going Public

Chapter 8 - Employee Share Ownership Plans

Chapter 9 - Government Encouragement for ESOPs

Chapter 10 - Franchising as a Method of Financing Growth

Chapter 11 - Some Factors to Consider in Franchising

Chapter 12 - Is Franchising for You?

Chapter 13 - Self-Financing and Financing from the Public & Private Sectors

Your Guide to Financing Business Growth by Selling a Piece of the Pie: What's involved in going public; employee share ownership plans and franchising in Canada: 2009-2010 Edition; by Iain Williamson; 140 pages; softcover; ISBN 978-1-55270-366-3; ISSN 1191-0488; published in December 2009; Canada $39.95.

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