PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bruce Strzelczyk
AU  - Richard Shanley
TI  - The Ten Commandments, Doubled
AID  - 10.3905/jpe.1999.319954
DP  - 1999 May 31
TA  - The Journal of Private Equity
PG  - 64--71
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/2/3/64.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/2/3/64.full
AB  - The road to success in securing financing for a new venture is hardly a mystery, but it does requires large measures of intelligence, perseverance, preparation, and honesty. Entrepreneurs must learn to rely on experienced professionals to help them develop the legal and financial foundation from which their dreams can take flight. This article offers cardinal rules for pursuing new venture funding and, beyond that, entering the realm of the IPO.