Equity Capital – Business.gov – Equity capital, or financing, is money raised by a business in exchange for a share of ownership in the company.
Equity Financing – Business.gov -- Explanation of equity financing, including venture capitalists.
Insider Financing – CCH Business Owners Toolkit -- After considering their personal resources, the next place most entrepreneurs look for additional financing is to "insiders" like family, friends, or business associates.
What is a New Generation Cooperative? – Missouri Ag Innovation Center.
Introduction to Investment Banking – MoreBusiness.com -- Investment bankers function as intermediaries in financial transactions. They are experienced in carrying out projects that, for most companies, take place very rarely, but are critically important.
Raising Money Through Equity Investments – NOLO Law for All -- Bringing investors into your business gets you more than just money -- you get new co-owners, too.
How to Present Your Invention to Investors – Entrepreneur.com -- Having trouble finding investors? The way you sell your investment opportunity could be to blame.
What to Know Before You Try to Raise Capital – Entrepreneur.com -- Don't meet with potential investors until you've taken these five important steps.
Understanding Investors
What New Generations Officials Should Know about Their Members and Their Concerns – Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, North Dakota State University -- Although farmers are familiar with cooperatives and their procedures, new generation cooperatives are unique to the way many farmers think about cooperatives.
New Generation Cooperative Membership: How do Members Differ from Non-Members – Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives, North Dakota State University -- Direct equity investment in the cooperative and the related commodity delivery rights and obligations have made membership decision complex and have raised questions about the differences in attitudes, perceptions, and characteristics between members and non-members.
Questions and Answers about Ag Loan Officers and Farmer’s Investment in New Generation Cooperatives – North Dakota State University Extension – Profiles ag lenders who makes loans to farmers to invest in new generation cooperatives.
New Generation Cooperatives – Who Invests? - Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives – Profiles of farmer investors in value-added enterprises.
Asking Friends and Family for Financing – Entrepreneur.com -- Heed our warnings before you play this dangerous game.
Raising Money from Family and Friends – Entrepreneur.com -- Keep these points in mind before asking loved ones to invest in your new business.
Using Personal Assets for Funding – Entrepreneur.com -- The realities of tapping into life insurance, CDs, mortgages, IRAs and 401(k)s.
Investors You Don't Know
Distressed Private Equity: Spinning Hay into Gold – HBS Working Knowledge -- The marketplace for rebuilding troubled companies has perhaps never been as fertile as today, but competition in the distressed private equity field is increasing. What separates the winners from the losers?
Keeping Tabs on Your Key Investors – HBS Working Knowledge -- A handful of shareholders can sway stock price dramatically—but just who are your key investors? And what sets them off? Hint: They don't necessarily own the most stock. Here's how to find out.
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors – HBS Working Knowledge – Risk-reward. Rising interest rates. Socks or bonds. The long-term investor has lots to ponder when setting asset allocation strategy.
Writing a Credible Investment Thesis – HBS Working Knowledge -- Many companies are “terrifyingly unclear” to themselves and investors about why they are making an acquisition.
Attract Investors by Sharing the Risk– Entrepreneur.com -- Investors will be more willing to finance your business if you're also putting money into the venture.
Finding Equity Investors – Entrepreneur.com -- Try this method for bringing equity investors to your business.
Investing Your Own Money in Your Business – Entrepreneur.com -- Don't let outside investors think for a second that you're unwilling to take on some financial risk.
Equity for Founders
Is Equity-Based Compensation a Good Thing? – HBS Working Knowledge -- It can be. But it’s not the best motivation tool in all situations.
Dividing Equity between Founders and Investors – Entrepreneur.com -- How to figure out who gets what percentage of the business when investors come on board.
Stock Values
What You Can Learn From Your Stock Price – HBS Working Knowledge -- Financial markets perform an important but unfamiliar role for managers. By analyzing market prices, managers can uncover information about the impact of competitors, suppliers, and the economy on their own companies.
Is a Share Buyback Right for You? – HBS Working Knowledge -- With the economy slowing and markets floundering, is the time ripe for buying back your company's shares? Maybe—but buyer beware. A poorly executed or poorly reasoned buyback can come back to bite you hard.
Other
Base Capital Plan – Center for Cooperatives, University of California -- Implementing and using a base equity capital plan.