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

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Public companies have dealt with financial disclosure in ways that evolved over time with markets and technologies. Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

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Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry.

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How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs

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We have great technology, but need marketing help.”. He shares that on the day of Baidu’s IPO—usually one of an entrepreneur’s most exhilirating days of his entire life—he sat at his desk terrified. Who is responsible for the strategy in this company?”. “We The CEO doesn’t have to be the creator of the vision.