This is not a textbook on going public – you can leave the technical details to your advisors. Rather, it‘s an overview that will give business owners an idea of what it takes to go public, what to expect should you decide to do so, and what the alternatives are if going public is not in your best interest.

Essentially, going public is the process of offering equity – shares, partnership units, trust units and so on – of a privately owned company to the general public. As the name suggests, the initial public offering (IPO) is the company’s first such offering. Any subsequent offering is referred to as a secondary offering.

It is a complex process involving three distinct stages: preparing to go public, the actual offering and, afterward, life as a public company. Each stage presents a balancing act – ensuring you don’t put the business on hold while forging ahead with the offering – and the entire process hinges on two critical factors: time and timing.

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