From Concept to Wall Street: A Complete Guide to Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Part IV discusses the topic of raising capital from the public, which is an important event in the lifecycle of a venture's development. As a result, it turns from a private company with limited public visibility and financial resources into a traded company which is much more visible and has a variety of financing resources available to it.

The discussion focuses on the considerations involved in the decision to go public and in the method of executing such a decision, as well as on the general principles governing public offerings.