Gust
JANUARY 31, 2013
Last month, the SEC announced it was taking action regarding Netflix’ (NFLX) securities compliance based on a Facebook status update posted by CEO Reed Hastings. The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 11, 2012
I can't tell you anything about it thanks to the SEC. Personally, I think it would be pretty awesome if all of the people who subscribe to my weekly newsletter could put $2000 towards supporting the early stage tech ecosystem in NYC. At least it would be diversified across 25-30 companies--there's no such requirement in crowdfunding.
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Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. In it, I examine how the hobbyist community is now building inexpensive unmanned aerial vehicle auto-pilot hardware and software. Nine years later, in February 2005, YouTube arrived. Streaming video had finally made it.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2010
Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. They also avoid Reg D.
finance.fortune.cnn.com
AUGUST 21, 2012
Accel Partners VII (2000): 122% (97%). ARCH Venture Fund V (2000): 41% (11%). Commonwealth Capital Ventures III (2000): 110% (56%). HIG Venture Partners (2000): 44% (22%). Insight Venture Partners IV (2000): 169% (119%). Lightspeed Venture Partners VI (2000): 112% (80%). Onset Ventures IV (2000): 31% (4%).
Ben's Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Once again, the 1999-2000 dot-com bubble period shows the highest percentage of pricing above the initial filing range – 44% of deals were priced above. Finally, in 1975, the NYSE and the SEC recognized that this was a bad idea and changed to the context of flexible commissions – aka competition. What do the data tell us?
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? Then we eroded toward the opposite: a cozy government-industrial complex that can't tie its own shoes (Katrina response, Iraq administration, SEC/Madoff, general regulatory bloat). Each requires the step before it.
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