Many people think that you need to be a large company to go public or do an IPO (Initial Public Offering). The fact of the matter is any business can become a public company, since, there are not any revenue nor are there any asset requirements. IPO Consulting Services, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is looking for quality companies that would like to go public and become publicly traded. They can list companies on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSC), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ); they assist smaller companies that wish to go public by facilitating their listing via the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) or the Pink Sheets. Public companies offer many benefits not available to private companies, such as: liquidity, prestige, and the ability to use the company’s stock as currency for mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to the Pink Sheets in the early 1900’s, over the counter markets were completely fragmented. Up until 1999 the OTC stock prices (the buy and sell prices) were printed on pink colored sheets of paper and sent to stock brokerage firms and investment houses. That is why the investment community used the term Pink Sheets.
There are 2 kinds of public shells. There is a big difference between them. One can help speed up the process to become a public. These are called virgin or blank check companies. A Securities and Exchange Commission reporting blank check company is a public shell. They have no operating history and are formed to become SEC reporting public companies to find and merge with a private company. Many investment banks and consultants use this type of public shell company to merge a client into since some funding sources require a company to be public before they can invest.
