You often hear “capital is the lifeblood of an organization,” or “you’re not a CFO until you have worried about making payroll,” or even “the only real sin is running out of cash.”  These expressions underscore the importance not only of monitoring capital, but also evaluating opportunities to ensure appropriate capital deployment.  This panel will review the foundations of raising capital as well as valuation techniques to ensure a capital structure that best supports a company’s strategy within an appropriate level of risk.