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

Ben's Blog

Second, by better matching supply and demand, direct listings have generally mitigated the magnitude of IPO Pops, thus engendering better overall price discovery. Most IPOs have lockups that prevent additional secondary shares coming into the market, sometimes for as long as 6-months. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

When did the board last discuss whether the company’s disclosure of cyber risk and cyber incidents is consistent with SEC guidance?​ They demand a high return on their investment.​ It’s incredibly easy to create fake networks, which are so hard to differentiate from the real thing. It’s about people, too.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

When did the board last discuss whether the company’s disclosure of cyber risk and cyber incidents is consistent with SEC guidance?​ They demand a high return on their investment.​ It’s incredibly easy to create fake networks, which are so hard to differentiate from the real thing. It’s about people, too.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. If they are taking on problems that the other company is really, really, really good at, then they better have a strong differentiating thing.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

But the key is to ensure your product has a strong differentiator, which is exactly how Ramaswamy and his Neeva co-founders positioned the search engine company when it launched last year. If they are taking on problems that the other company is really, really, really good at, then they better have a strong differentiating thing.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Given all the demands on your time, the hours spent educating a consultant regarding your business are costly. Unable to confirm if my proposed approach was correct, he indicated that he would have to check with his SEC group and that ‘someone’ would get back to me. link] Chris Puttick.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

With declining span of attention, unless something appeals in first 20 secs, people move onto something diff (generally, because there are so many choices). That key person will understand what product or service the market is demanding and surround himself with the smartest people to make sure the idea gets realized.