Jason Wilson

Most individuals would invariably think that you need to be a very large company, such as Google or Cisco Systems, to think about going public or even think of doing an IPO.  As a matter of fact any company, either a startup or already established company, can become a public business, minimum asset or revenue requirements

Many small companies often wonder how to take a company public. They may have heard in past years about doing a reverse merger with a public shell, which is a very risky transaction.

The first capital influx into a start-up enterprise provides the thrust to bring forth the company founder's vision into solid results. The incongruous fact is that, even though there are many capital providers, at times it’s a rare and hard to find item, and even more so for an unproven start up company.

A market maker is a stock brokerage firm, which is a member of FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), formerly known as the NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers). Market makers quote buy and sell prices for financial commodities, making a profit on the difference between the bid and the offer spread.