The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies and Capital Structure (Wiley Finance)

An in-depth look at the strategies, capital structure, and fund raising techniques for emerging growth and middle-market companies. Here is a comprehensive and practical guide to understanding and applying the basics of corporate finance to emerging growth and middle-market companies. Using empirical data and actual company cases to illustrate capital structures and financing approaches, the book provides a detailed discussion of the many funding instruments, from traditional bank loans and asset-based financing to different types of private equity and other creative solutions; the types of funding sources and their expected rates of returns; and typical deal terms.

praise for The Handbook of Financing Growth

"Provides an exceptional primer for anyone seeking to understand how to finance a growing organization . . . useful for the entrepreneur, student, or financial professional. Delineates the many sources a growing company can tap to obtain financing—and shows the reader in clear, concise language how to go about it. One of the best books on the subject of finance I have read."

—Barry D. Yelton, Senior Vice President, Business Alliance Capital Corp.

"A tremendous tool for creatively growing your company. This book covers the waterfront of financing options and makes sure the business owner knows how to get a deal done and do battle with any bank or private equity investor to get the best terms."

—Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner, Pine Creek Partners and author of Buyout: The Insider's Guide to Buying Your Own Company

"Wow! This is the book I needed a few years ago when searching for funding options for my own company. The authors have covered everything here: all types of debt and equity funding, plus the process to follow to find the right funding source for your company's circumstances. This handbook should be on every entrepreneur's bookshelf !"

—Peter Pflasterer, entrepreneur, founder, JPS Communications

"An excellent resource and must-have for anyone looking into how they should capitalize their company. It not only provides the basics of how to get a financing plan in place, but also goes a step further by explaining how companies get funded in the real world. No single resource has been able to bridge the gap between emerging growth and middle-market companies being overlooked by investment banks until now. Marks et al. have encapsulated a lifetime of financing knowledge in a single text. I recommend it to any middle-market company seeking capital."

— Christopher W. Gaertner, CFA, Managing Director, Head of Global Software Investment Banking, Global Technology Group, Lehman Brothers

"Having known the authors personally for many years, I couldn't think of a better collection of people with practical knowledge of how to finance a company. Since every growth company is in a constant search for capital, every one of them ought to own this book."

—Mitch Mumma, Managing General Partner, Intersouth Partners

"America's emerging and middle-market companies - firms with revenues ranging from zero to $500 million - have access to capital and resources that is unprecedented in history. The Handbook of Financing Growth provides an in-depth exploration of how to prepare a company to approach these resources for funding as well as details on understanding and working with different types, from angel investors and commercial banks to venture capital, government agencies, and a dozen others."--Jacket Looks at the strategies, capital structure, and fund raising techniques for emerging growth and middle-market companies. This comprehensive and practical guide helps to understanding and applying the basics of corporate finance to those companies.