Len McDowall
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Len McDowall was previously inaugural Chairman and Managing Partner of Bird Cameron, Chartered Accountants, (now know as RMS Bird Cameron) which employed 1000 people in 50 offices in Australia and Hong Kong. Len established Bird Cameron's mergers and acquisitions division in 1987. Len has extensive experience in all facets of financial management with a particular emphasis on structuring and negotiating joint ventures and capital raisings. Following his retirement from the accounting profession Len and his partners established the Integral Capital Group. Len specialises in mergers and acquisitions, public floatation's, the creation of financial management strategies and capital management, and has successfully completed hundreds of transactions in these fields. Leonard McDowall founded Integral Capital Group in 1990. Specialising in the Australian capital markets, Integral Capital Group serve predominantly sophisticated investors, private and public companies delivering a broad range of services including Stock Exchange listings; Mergers, acquisitions and divestments; Capital and debt raising; and pre-IPO offerings.
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This is a continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 12 discusses the business plan content specifically ‘Longer Term Objectives’.
This is a continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 10 discusses the business plan content specifically ‘Financial Information’.
This is a continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 9 discusses the business plan content specifically ‘Principal Risks and Problems’.
This is a continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 8 discusses the business plan content specifically ‘Management’.
In this continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 6 discusses business plan content specifically ‘Research and Development’.
In this continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 5 discusses business plan content specifically ‘Market & Market Strategy’.
In this continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 3 discusses business plan content specifically ‘company history’.
In this continuing series of articles on how to write a Business Plan or Information Memorandum to raise capital, Part 2 discusses business plan content specifically ‘corporate objectives’.
A company’s reasons for deciding to publicly list on the stock exchange often include the ability to get access to the capital markets for financial expansion and acquisitions. They usually have invested many years of plowing back profits and guaranteeing borrowings and rather than sell out, they wish to remain with the company and be part of its future growth. Even if your business is suited to floatation, it may not be the right choice for you. Investment guru, Len McDowall explains why...
Investors are extremely busy people and see hundreds of business plans each year. It is most unlikely that they will find the time to read a plan from cover to cover unless is captured within the first two or three pages. Venture capitalists prefer, therefore, to read a short summary of a business plan which highlights the most important aspects and opportunities an investment offers and which contains enough information to enable them to determine quickly whether the proposal is of interest.
