[header] How to issue stock [title] Familiarize yourself with the basics of issuing stock. [step] Issuing stock is one of the two basic ways to raise funding to grow your business. If your business is new, or is growing, capital is necessary, and issuing stock involves selling pieces of ownership in your business to investors in exchange for cash. 
[substeps] Issuing shares involves determining how much capital you need, and then determining an appropriate amount of shares to issue in order to raise that capital. If you need $5 , 000 initially for example, and decide to issue five shares to yourself, each share would be worth $1 , 000 each.