Your First Hundred Million - As Read by the 50 Billion Dollar Man Dan Peña

CHAPTER 13:
Take Action Now! - or Never!
 
- Get off your dead ass NOW!
- My Final Words
 
"If you don't take action to begin your Quantum Leap within 21 hours after finishing this book, you never will!"

CHAPTER 12:
Your Grand Exit - Dying or Selling
 
- Pay Yourself First!
- How Much is Your Company Worth?
- Puffing Up the Hog to Take to the Fair
- Timing - The Search for the Perfect Wave
- A Clean House Brings A Higher Price
- Shoring Up Your Organization Structure
- A Credible Board of Directors
- Corporate Literature
- Clean Financials
- Stable Long-term Contracts
- Cleaning Up Your Paperwork
- Information and Financial Control Systems
- The Transition Management Team
- Lawsuits in Progress
- Structuring Your Deal
- The S Corporation
 
"Some long for the glories of this world; and some sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come. Ah, take the cash and let the promise go..."
 

CHAPTER 11:
Acquisitions – The Secret of Quantum Growth
(Part 2)
 
- Selling the Seller on You (Segment 2)
- Doing Your Pre-Purchase Homework
- The Second Acquisition - Not A Carbon Copy!
 
“For the high performer, arithmetic growth in unacceptable. Geometric exponential growth is demanded.”

CHAPTER 11:
Acquisitions – The Secret of Quantum Growth
(Part 1)
 
- Geometric Exponential Growth
- The Perils of the Leap
- How to Find Your First Acquisition
- Conducting Your Search
- Selling the Seller on You (Segment 1)
 
“For the high performer, arithmetic growth in unacceptable. Geometric exponential growth is demanded.”

CHAPTER 10:
More Capital Ideas for Financing Your Deal
(Part 2)
 
- Corporate Bonds - the IOU's of Business
- Other Sources of Capital
- Public Versus Private Funding
- Questions I Am Always Asked About Raising Capital
- Stop Writing Checks on Your Emotional Bank Account!
 
"The business community offers a universe of funding sources - but not one will ever come to you."

CHAPTER 10:
More Capital Ideas for Financing Your Deal
(Part 1)
 
- When to Begin Meeting with Bankers
- The Value of Your Board of Directors
- Using Your Banking Business as Leverage
- Types of Finance and Capital
- The Care and Feeding of your Banking Relationship
- Receivable Financing
- Debt Financing VS Equity Financing
 
"The business community offers a universe of funding sources - but not one will ever come to you."