Joseph Quinones's Articles

  • Corporate Shells.
    A corporate shell could be likened to a house that had been occupied by a family. Prior to the family moving out it was a home. But now it is just shell, a skeleton, a plain house with nobody in it, but if a family was to purchase the house and move in, it becomes a home.
  • Going Public by Way of Regulation D (504) Offering...
    Under the Securities Act of 1933, any offer to sell securities must either be registered with the SEC or meet an exemption. Regulation D (or Reg D) provides three exemptions from the registration requirements, allowing some smaller companies to offer and sell their securities without having to register the securities with the SEC.
  • Going Public: Now that You Have Successfully Made the Transition, What Do You Do?
    Ok, you have successfully accomplished your dream of being the CEO of a public company. The stock of your company has a symbol and you are continually going to the computer to check the price, you tell all your relatives and friends and you even tried to encourage them to buy the stock.
  • Going Public: The Process for Small and Mid-size Companies to Go Public.
    It’s the dream of every person who starts a business to some day see it trading in one of the stock exchanges even after they are no longer associated with the company.
  • Market Makers Play a Significant Role in Reverse Mergers....
    One overlooked individual in the process of taking a company public through reverse merger is the market maker. The market marker is critical especially if the company is going to be listed on OTC Bulletin Board or the NQB. Pink sheets.
  • Pink Sheets Discover Disclosure.
    Some of the stock that at one time traded in the Pink Sheets are well known today such as EDS and many new IPO, as well as bank and insurance companies, but you also had stocks trading for a fraction of a penny.
  • Reverse Merger, IPO Or Direct Public Offering (DPO), Which One Is Right For You?
    A direct public offering is when a company raises capital by selling its shares directly to what is refer to as affinity groups, unlike an IPO which are sold by a broker dealer to its customers and the general public through other broker dealers who have customers interested in buying shares in the company.
  • Reverse Merger: A Vision Without A Strategy Is A Prescription For Failur
    Many business owners with a dream to take their company public often neglect to prepare and plan for the future, very few small and mid-size companies have a business plan.

    A business plan is like a road map, and can be likened to when you go on a journey. Sometimes you need to change direction, it doesn’t mean your destination changes, you are just getting there via a different route.
  • Reverse Merger: Have They Taken the Reverse out of Reverse Merger?
    Are the promoters and consultants destroying the market for Reverse Merger? First lets take a look at reverse merger.
  • Sarbanes-Oxley: The Wrong Solution To A Legitimate Problem.
    Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the accountants full employment act as I like to call it, refers to legislation introduced by Senator Paul Sarbanes (D) MD and Representative Michael Oxley (R) Ohio and passed in July of 2002 in response to the Enron and Worldcom scandals.
  • Small Corporate Offering Registration (SCOR)
    The Small Corporate Registration was designed specifically for small businesses. It allows small companies to raise equity or debt capital publicly without having to register with Securities and Exchange Commission. It is designed to streamline the state review process by using standardized forms and reviews. Each states separately reviews the company’s filings and issues a permit allowing general solicitation to the public in that state.
  • The Case For Taking Your Company Public On The Pink Sheets...
    Over the course of history there have been events and legislation that has transformed the financial markets, our economy and the way we conduct business , such as the legislation that form the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internet has also has transformed the way we do business and communicate.
  • What Is Reverse Merger, And Is It For Everyone? Part 1
    A reverse merger is a method used by many small and mid-cap companies to initially go public, its the purchase of, and reverse merger into, an existing public shell company. This is inexpensive compared with conventional Initial public offerings (IPO). This is also a simplified fast track method by which a private company can become a public company.
  • What Is Reverse Merger, And Is It For Everyone? Part 2
    Many Reverse Mergers have been successful when done properly that is why I never consent to doing one without providing the company with the possible problems that can arise and how to deal with them.
  • What is Rule 15c211 and Reverse Merger.
    Rule 15C211 Under SEC Rule 15C211, a U.S. securities broker or dealer may not publish a quotation for any security unless certain information concerning the issuer is available and the broker or dealer has a reasonable basis for believing that the information is accurate. The information requirement is satisfied, in simple terms, if:
  • When Is The Best Time TO Take Your Company Public?
    CEO’s often call and ask me what the revenues and net profit should be before going public, they seem to think that there is a magic number that qualifies a private company into becoming a public company.
  • Why are Reverse Mergers Often the Victims of Short Sellers?
    There is a great deal of abuse going on in the OTC Bulletin Board Market and a lot of money is being made as result of it. Regulators are trying to deal with the problem but are unable to put a halt to it, unless they take drastic steps which will be detrimental to the small and micro-cap market.

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