Why do corporations sell stock shares to investors?

To get money from the stocks

If you have to sell shares on a day when the stock price is below the price you paid for the shares, you will lose money on the sale. Market fluctuations can be unnerving to some investors. A stock's price can be affected by factors inside the company, such as a faulty product, or by events the company has no control over, such as political or market events. Investors buy shares in small, private corporations to generate wealth for themselves in the form of a return on their investment. That return comes from dividend distributions or profit retention ...