David Nour, is the founder of Relationship Economics and managing partner of The Nour Group, Inc. He is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. A management advisor and featured speaker for corporate, association, and academic forums, Nour has been featured in a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, SmartMoney.com, Forbes Small Business, Success and Pink Magazine. The author of two books, he holds an Executive MBA from Emory University.

Never was a 'how to' book on raising venture capital so timely as David Nour's The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital. The latest addition to the outstanding Entrepreneur's Guide series from Praeger Publishers, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital is specifically organized and designed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners with the informational tools necessary to successfully attract financing to launch and/or expand a business enterprise of any kind or category. . . . [A]n invaluable and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library Business Resource reference collections and reading lists.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWhy You Should Read This BookChapter 1: Why Undercapitalized Companies Dont SurviveChapter 2: Smart CapitalChapter 3: Plan Now or Pay LaterChapter 4: Bootstrapping and Early Stage Creative CapitalChapter 5: Big Guns Institutional InvestorsChapter 6: Avenues for Alternative CapitalChapter 7: IPOs, Reverse-Mergers, and International MarketsChapter 8: Valuations, Acquisitions, and Exit StrategiesChapter 9: Value-Added Financial IntermediariesChapter 10: The Experts Speak: Best Practices to Embrace and Top Mistakes to AvoidAppendix 1: The Ultimate Resource LibraryAppendix 2: Google's S-1 FilingAbout the Author

David Nour, is the founder of Relationship Economics and managing partner of The Nour Group, Inc. He is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. A management advisor and featured speaker for corporate, association, and academic forums, Nour has been featured in a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, SmartMoney.com, Forbes Small Business, Success and Pink Magazine. The author of two books, he holds an Executive MBA from Emory University.

Never was a 'how to' book on raising venture capital so timely as David Nour's The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital. The latest addition to the outstanding Entrepreneur's Guide series from Praeger Publishers, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital is specifically organized and designed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners with the informational tools necessary to successfully attract financing to launch and/or expand a business enterprise of any kind or category. . . . [A]n invaluable and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library Business Resource reference collections and reading lists.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWhy You Should Read This BookChapter 1: Why Undercapitalized Companies Dont SurviveChapter 2: Smart CapitalChapter 3: Plan Now or Pay LaterChapter 4: Bootstrapping and Early Stage Creative CapitalChapter 5: Big Guns Institutional InvestorsChapter 6: Avenues for Alternative CapitalChapter 7: IPOs, Reverse-Mergers, and International MarketsChapter 8: Valuations, Acquisitions, and Exit StrategiesChapter 9: Value-Added Financial IntermediariesChapter 10: The Experts Speak: Best Practices to Embrace and Top Mistakes to AvoidAppendix 1: The Ultimate Resource LibraryAppendix 2: Google's S-1 FilingAbout the Author

David Nour, is the founder of Relationship Economics and managing partner of The Nour Group, Inc. He is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. A management advisor and featured speaker for corporate, association, and academic forums, Nour has been featured in a variety of publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, SmartMoney.com, Forbes Small Business, Success and Pink Magazine. The author of two books, he holds an Executive MBA from Emory University.

Never was a 'how to' book on raising venture capital so timely as David Nour's The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital. The latest addition to the outstanding Entrepreneur's Guide series from Praeger Publishers, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital is specifically organized and designed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners with the informational tools necessary to successfully attract financing to launch and/or expand a business enterprise of any kind or category. . . . [A]n invaluable and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library Business Resource reference collections and reading lists.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWhy You Should Read This BookChapter 1: Why Undercapitalized Companies Dont SurviveChapter 2: Smart CapitalChapter 3: Plan Now or Pay LaterChapter 4: Bootstrapping and Early Stage Creative CapitalChapter 5: Big Guns Institutional InvestorsChapter 6: Avenues for Alternative CapitalChapter 7: IPOs, Reverse-Mergers, and International MarketsChapter 8: Valuations, Acquisitions, and Exit StrategiesChapter 9: Value-Added Financial IntermediariesChapter 10: The Experts Speak: Best Practices to Embrace and Top Mistakes to AvoidAppendix 1: The Ultimate Resource LibraryAppendix 2: Google's S-1 FilingAbout the Author