Initial Public Offerings (IPO): A Practical Guide to Going Public provides you with a thorough understanding of the planning, procedures, players, opportunities, and pitfalls involved in taking an enterprise public. Initial Public Offerings fully covers the planning stage from financing the journey and selecting strong senior managers, to conducting due diligence and crafting corporate policies, to assembling a potent IPO team. Stocked with case studies, checklists, best practices, and sample documents, Initial Public Offerings shows you how to craft a Form S-1 that attracts investors, meets SEC rules, and minimizes liability; manage typical problems when selling stockholders are involved in the IPO; ensure a smooth initial filing, including advance planning for electronic submissions; minimize the pain of SEC review, by working effectively with agency staff; and sell the deal through strong marketing, including live and electronic road shows. Included is vital discussion of important post-IPO compliance challenges, public communications issues, and lucrative liquidity and fundraising opportunities.