Will A Fear Of Going Public End The Innovation Boom?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> Date: January 18, 2010 8:42:26 AM EST
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Will A Fear Of Going Public End The  
> Innovation Boom?

> Will A Fear Of Going Public End The Innovation Boom?
> from the money-makes-the-world-go-'round dept
> <http://techdirt.com/articles/20100118/0003117784.shtml>
>
> We've seen similar articles a few times in the past, but the NY  
> Times has yet another story about how startup execs are less  
> interested in going public than in the past, and suggests two key  
> reasons:
>
>    The regulatory nightmare of going public, means that it's all  
> paperwork and lawyers, rather than focusing on growth, innovation  
> and markets. Sarbanes-Oxley remains a key problem here.
>    For startup founders, it's become a lot more tempting to just  
> sell out to someone big -- because it's a lot easier, but can still  
> earn you enough money to totally change your life.
>
> Again, neither of these issues are all that new, but a decade ago,  
> the focus for most startups was very much on building companies that  
> could go public and standalone. Admittedly, in the dot com insanity,  
> a ton of startups went public that had no business whatsoever being  
> public standalone companies, but there's reason to fear that we've  
> gone too far in the other direction.
>
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