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Protecting Against Copy  Cats, Jean D. Sifleet, Attorney & CPA

Mergers and Acquisitions, The Due Diligence Process and Purchase Price, by David H. Fater, Alda & Associates

The Search for Capital: Is there a Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow? by David H. Fater

Internet Business Plans-Follies From the Past, by Michael Goldstein

A Venture Capitalist and Business Planner Look at Business Plans by David Pierce and  Michael Goldstein

Mergers and Acquisitions The Due Diligence Process and Purchase Price Allocation Considerations

Leave Rhetoric to Poets, by Robert T. Koveleskie, founder of Bizfin.com

Rules of Finance, by Robert T. Koveleskie, Founder of Bizfin.com

My Corporation.com Archive of Newsletters

Search Engine Specialists? Maybe, Maybe Not!, by by Chris Small of WorldDealCenter.com

VC Secrets: Stages of Venture Capital, by William F.(Bill) McCready, CEO/Founder, Venture Planning Associates, Inc.  http://www.ventureplan.com

Startups Can Obtain Capital From Unlikely Sources, by Michael Parduhn

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Stages of Venture Financing by New Venture Strategies http://www.galaxymall.com/finance/capital/

-Seed Funding: Capital to develop, research, or study an idea or concept.
-Start-up Funding: Funds to establish management and project a budget. 
-First Stage Funding: Capital to launch the company's operations and marketing.
-Second Stage Funding: Capital required to fund cash flow as company evolves. 
-Third Stage Funding: Funds to support additional market exploration. 
-Fourth Stage Funding: Capital for interim financing, awaiting sale of common stock. 
-Fifth Stage Funding: Funds to allow the company to expand or enter into a merger.
-Leveraged Buyout Funding: Funds to assist in an LBO, where assets are mostly paid off and will be refinanced to
raise capital to payoff existing owners. 
-Acquisition Funding: Funds to acquire another firm.