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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

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. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. The underlying requirement based on those assumptions was an available bandwidth of about 1.6mb/sec, which we would hit in 2005. I chose to use computers I owned that were designed for compactness for their time.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. You can see the design of the program here. Since 2000 we have passed a number of laws and regulations that are killing innovation in the US. conference attendees.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I got out of the university in early 2000 and I never went on to a full-time job, so it’s always been an online business for me. I changed the design a few times. The person who owns this blog is Michael Pollack, and he was a web designer and small business fan. There’s some women here for starters, and that was why it was fun.

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The Ultimate Guide to Increasing Ecommerce Conversion Rates

ConversionXL

Gemvara lets women customize jewelry ( “I designed it myself!” A 2009 survey of 2000 online British adults found that 50% of those who regularly shop online said that if their preferred payment method is not available, they will cancel the purchase. This is very bad design. Another thing: sec. Half of them !

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