1. Read and analyze the company’s S-1 registration once it is filed. Be aware that this document may be amended several times before the final IPO pricing with potentially material information.
3. What is company management experience, their compensation, their share ownership of the company before and after the expected IPO. How deep is their bench as they grow more significantly.
The current plans for the capital raising associated with the IPO but what about future expansion plans and follow-on offerings which may dilute these shareowners.
6. Does the share structure reflect a dual ownership where the company’s founder/management retain super voting power of the company at the expense of the new shareowners? This has become more common but there are some institutional investors who have policies against buying this structure.