While the conditions for initial public offerings can come and go ? depending upon stock markets and their behavior ?the preparation, desire, planning, and expectations of IPOs go on continuously. It is the dream of every entrepreneur to go public and cash out a lifetime?s worth of work. Initial Public Offerings provides an excellent resource for any company, its executive and advisers, considering making the transition from private to public as it uncovers many of the successful approaches and common pitfalls to going public