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The First Time a Company Explains Itself

An S-1 is the most complete document a company ever files, because it is the first and everything has to be established from scratch.

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What the lesson covers

  1. 0:00An S-1 is the most complete document a company will ever file.
  2. 0:05Why it is so thorough. Nothing has been said before, so everything has to be established here.
  3. 0:14Use of proceeds. The section that says where the money goes. Sometimes it goes to existing holders.
  4. 0:23The dilution table. It states what insiders paid per share against what you are being asked to pay.
  5. 0:32The amendments. Each S-1/A revision shows what the SEC questioned and what the company changed.
  6. 0:40Read the use of proceeds and the dilution table first.
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The First Time a Company Explains Itself — MAD Academy Training Video · MadStockAlerts