Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
- Published by: Wiley August 13, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471646563
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471646563
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 15.5 ounces
Product Description
Marketing guru Philip Kotler shows entrepreneurs how to market their companies to investors
How can businesses do a better job of attracting capital? The answer: "Marketing!" Marketing expert Philip Kotler teams up with a renowned marketing consultant and an INSEAD professor for this practical, marketing-based approach to raising capital from investors. Based on the premise that entrepreneurs and business owners often don't understand what investors want and how they make their decisions, Attracting Investors offers a greater view of the factors involved, and guides both startup and veteran firms in effectively raising capital.
Philip Kotler (Glencoe, IL) is the S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and the author of 35 books. Hermawan Katajaya (Jakarta, Indonesia) runs MarkPlus, the largest marketing consulting firm in Indonesia, and is coauthor with Kotler of several books, including Repositioning Asia and Rethinking Marketing. S. David Young (Fontainebleu, France) is a Professor of Accounting and Control at INSEAD in Fountainebleu, France.
From the Inside Flap
Raising capital has grown from a finance function into, at least in part, a marketing function. Its never been easier for investors to get in and out of investments, and this forces companies to compete more strategically with each other for limited investment capital. Companies that want to attract capital must now offer investors a compelling value proposition. In effect, they have to market their company to investors in much the same way toothpaste or any other product is marketed to consumers.
It is imperative that executives understand the basics of marketing in order to raise capital. They need marketing strategy and tactics to convince investors that their business offers a superior risk-return profile compared to alternative investment opportunities.
Until now, little has been written about this sea change in capital investment. In Attracting Investors, marketing guru Philip Kotler teams up with Hermawan Kartajaya and S. David Young to offer a practical, marketing-based approach to raising capital. Packed with crucial insight for everyone from CEOs and entrepreneurs to finance students, the book shows readers how to apply the fundamental techniques of modern marketing to the vital task of raising capital. The authors demonstrate how companies can target prospective investors and how best to highlight the strengths of the business as an investment.
The fact is, most businesses trying to raise cash dont understand the capital market–and approach it far too simplistically. Investors must be approached just like any other consumer. Attracting Investors shows leaders of start-ups and megacorporations alike how to win over the investor–and attract the capital they need to succeed.
Reader ReviewsThis book is a little like a football play that looks great on the blackboard in the locker room but doesn't quite deliver once the players take the field. The concept is excellent: adapting marketing theory and techniques to the business of acquiring investment capital for your firm. Unfortunately, authors Philip Kotler, Hermawan Kartajaya and S. David Young spend too much time reviewing basics, such as potential sources of capital, and not enough on the marketing techniques themselves - which they don't begin discussing until about two-thirds of the way into the book. This shortcoming (and the lack of case histories) is balanced, however, by the authors' keen, market-oriented analysis of the characteristics that appeal most strongly to the various types of investors. This book outlines a smart, methodical approach to finding investors. We recommend this book despite its problems, believing that even an incomplete marketing approach to financing is better than chaos in the huddle.
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