Aftermath: Anatomy of a Yanked Public Offering
For David Coté , the cost of his company's failed initial public offering is measured in more than dollars. "If it hadn't been for the stress of the IPO ... Read story
IPOs
New Stocks Are Paying Off
Jul 1, 1981
A six-year survey of initial public offerings shows that more companies are going public and their stocks are doing well afferwards. Read story
Legal Distraction Kills IPO
By Susan Greco | Oct 15, 1999
Company: Optiva Inc. 500 Ranking: #2, 1996; #1, 1997; #81, 1998; #426, 1999 Cause of IPO de... Read story
Poof IPO Goes Up in Smoke
By Susan Greco | Oct 15, 1999
Company: SimStar Digital Media Inc. 500 Ranking: #430, 1999 Cause of IPO death: A ... Read story
Weighing the Benefits of Hitting the IPO Road
Nov 1, 1999
Initial Considerations For quite some time, the strong bull market has distracted the public's eye. One symptom of this is that ta... Read story
IPO Basics: Investment Bankers, Underwriters, and Other Key Players
Nov 1, 1999
The Beauty Contest - Investment Bankers Despite its moniker, the beauty contest should not be taken lightly. During this pageant, ... Read story
IPOs: How Soon and How Much?
Nov 1, 1999
Timing the Market A number of factors can affect the success of an initial public offering. A company may have some control over c... Read story
Lost In The Wilderness
By James Thomsen | Feb 1, 1982
I would like to point out an error in the IPO Monitor (Investing in Growth Companies, November 1981). Wilderness Experience went public in April with an ... Read story
The Allure of Going Public
By Martin J. Mannion | Jul 15, 2003
The idea of going public seems remote these days. Only now is the IPO market starting to show signs of life again. And with the Sarbanes-Oxley governance ... Read story
Considering Your M
By Walter G. Kortschak | Jul 26, 2005
Today more than ever, growing companies are looking at the M&A market as an attractive exit alternative to the IPO market. This strategy is being driv... Read story
Businesses Say No to IPOs
By Allen P. Roberts Jr. | Jul 14, 2005
Mike Canney had a lot of options in front of him. As owner and founder of defense contracting firm Intelligence Data Systems, he was an entrepreneur that ... Read story
Regulation D
Regulation D is a section of the U.S. federal securities law that provides the means for businesses to sell stock through direct public offerings (DPOs). ... Read story
The Commercial Paper Chase And Other Adventures
By Bruce G. Posner | Mar 1, 1984
A New York insurer prepares to open the commercial-paper market to small companies; the SEC raises the ceiling on S-18 offerings; a Rhode Island company sell... Read story
Why Smart Companies Are Saying No To Venture Capital
By Joel Kotkin | Aug 1, 1984
It seemed, at first, like the logical next act in the classic entrepreneurial script. Having developed his new database software on his home-built Heathk... Read story
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Dec 1, 1984
Stock market technicians have developed a statistical measurement that they call beta. It empirically specifies the relative degree by which a given equi... Read story
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By Robert A. Mamis | Nov 1, 1985
For some time now, Street Talk has been marveling at the exceptional performance of new issues through thick and thin, especially since their perkiness in... Read story
Back To Basics
By Bruce G. Posner | Feb 1, 1986
The high-tech boom went bust, and investors started looking for managers with proven track records, and flocking to companies like Roto-Rooter and OshKosh Bh... Read story
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Mar 1, 1987
Pricing it right. There's an element of chance in any successful initial public offering, but investment bankers do control certain key elements of the d... Read story
Wall Street Goes 'hollywood"
By Bruce G. Posner | Mar 1, 1987
Last year, we told you investors were looking for proven management and a history of solid performance. Well, they changed their minds. Read story
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Mar 1, 1987
How big was it? From the chart on the left, you'd think 1986 was far and away the best year ever to go public. For megabuck IPOs, it was. Of the 689 IPO... Read story
Not All Deals Sour
By Steve Smith | Jun 1, 1987
Although Bruce G. Posner raises some valid points regarding the influx of initial public offerings ("Wall Street Goes 'Hollywood,'" March), he should have... Read story
Investment Banker;
Jan 1, 1988
Whether or not the plunge in stock prices drives the nation into a depression, it has already driven American business to rework many of its assumptions abou... Read story
Primers On Going Public;
Jun 1, 1988
Ever since the stock market crash on Black Monday -- October 199, 1987 -- investment bankers have not exactly been tripping over themselves to take compan... Read story
Going Public
By Robert A. Mamis | Oct 1, 1988
Profile of a company going public and the costs and benefits that apply. Read story
Who Needs Wall Street?
By Ellyn E. Spragins | Oct 1, 1990
The ingredients of a do-it-yourself IPO. Read story
Venture Capital in the 1990s
By Robert A. Mamis | Feb 1, 1991
Interview with six prominent venture capitalists on the industry's future. Read story
Small Is, Finally, Beautiful
By Edward O. Welles | May 1, 1992
Small company stocks enjoy their best year ever and gain new interest from investors. Read story
The Year in IPOS
By Robert A. Mamis | May 1, 1992
The increasing number of initial public offerings and who they are. Read story
Who Goes Public?
By Bruce G. Posner | Feb 1, 1993
Charts examine general trends in the initial public offering market from 1989 to mid-1992. Read story
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
By Leslie Brokaw | May 1, 1993
When you take your company public, say CEO's on the Inc. 100, you change your job forever. Read story
The Year in IPOs
By Bill Graham | May 1, 1993
For issuers, investors, and bankers alike, 1992 was a win-win-win deal. Read story
Growing Up in Public
By Tom Ehrenfeld | May 1, 1994
Discussion of the 100 fastest-growing small public companies in the U.S. Read story
Watch Those VCs Smile
By Inc Staff | Jun 1, 1994
The top 10 venture capital firms of 1993. Read story
IPO Tax Risks
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Dec 1, 1994
A lawyer explains that S corporations face complicated tax risks and how their shareholder can avoid some of risks. Read story
Advisers: Choosing an Investment Banker
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Jul 1, 1995
A CEO offers some insight into why he selected a young investment-banking firm to handle his company's IPO. Read story
Going Public: How to Pave a Paper Trail
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Sep 1, 1995
The founder of a small retail chain tells how how he successfully completed an IPO. Read story
Investors' Perspective: The Right Investment Banker Helps
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Sep 1, 1995
Two general managers of an investment fund tell what makes certain deals attractive to investors. Read story
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