Startup Professionals Musings

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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of the shell, plus the cost of navigating the process, can approach a half-million dollars, depending on the shell company, according to Hamilton & Associates Law Group , a law firm based in Boca Raton, Florida. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

Startup Professionals Musings

He and Bill Lowe somehow managed to convince then CEO Frank Cary to give them a dozen engineers, a small budget, and a few months, to set up a small skunk-works called Entry Level Systems in Boca Raton, Florida, to develop a low-cost personal computer (code name “ Acorn ”).

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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

The cost of the shell, plus the cost of navigating the process, can add up to a half-million dollars, depending on the shell company, according to LawCast , a law firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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