Resources
Considering that initial public offerings for companies involved with accessing the Internet have been particularly hot over the past couple of years, it's only fitting that the Internet should become a good source of information about IPOs.
Hoover's business resources proffer an illustrated, information-filled cybercourse on IPOs. It includes excerpts from business-school lectures and samples of documents involved in registrations.
Yahoo!, a 1996 IPO in action, features a finance page that offers " U.S. IPO News," which describes upcoming new public offerings and gathers Wall Street gossip.
For a basic explanation of how IPOs work--and good definitions of the lingo--see the March 1993 Worth article by Peter Lynch, " IPOs Explained."
Nasdaq's Web site provides news about every Nasdaq company, including current stock quotes, company news, historical graphs, and portfolio capabilities. The Web site of NASD Regulation, the regulatory arm of Nasdaq, describes broker/dealers, registered reps, and regulation of markets. You can also find information about arbitration and mediation there.
The Nasdaq Stock Market publishes Going Public, a 71-page book that details all the critical aspects of the IPO process. For a free copy, call 202-496-2600.
To read about one company's experience getting ready for its IPO, see " The 100-Day Makeover," by John Kerr, in Inc., May 1996.
BAKER & MCKENZIE, John Hentrich, 101 W. Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101; 619-236-1441; john.j.hentrich@bakernet.com 60
JOHN CANEPA, Arthur Andersen, 225 Franklin, Boston, MA 02110; 617-330-4000 60
BRUCE EMMELUTH, Van Kasper & Co., 10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310-209-2200 60
RENAISSANCE CAPITAL, 325 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830; 203-622-2978; www.ipo-fund.com 60
TOM STEPHENS, Tucker Anthony, 1300 I St. NW, Suite 450 E, Washington, DC 20005; 202-408-4510 60
Special Report: The Hottest Small-Company IPOs
- The Secret World of IPOs - The new small companies in the public arena: the top aftermarket performers, the lawyers and underwriters they used, the hot industries. A guide to the action of the last year. By Robert A. Mamis.
- You Don't Know Me... - How Robert Kopstein took his company public--on his own. By Robert A. Mamis.
- So You Want to Go Public - What each of the exchanges demands from companies wanting to get on them. By Stephen D. Solomon.
- Follow the Money - A dollar-by-dollar look at the cost of one company's IPO: why $7.2 million raised is $6 million earned. By Stephen D. Solomon.
- Light Up. Go Public. Quit Your Day Job - The story behind Caribbean Cigar Co.'s public offering: "the cigar craze was getting huge," says the founder, and he needed money to keep up. By Jay Finegan.
- FYI: Navigating the IPO Market - Background on the writers of the IPO package. By George Gendron.
