What natural right do these regulatory agencies (or group of thugs known as government) have to regulate free people who choose to associate freely? What they are doing is deeply immoral.
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Silicon Valley’s ‘unicorns’ have regulators worried
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#12Dear SEC, Reduce the costs and risks related to going and staying public - you'll easily get your wish!
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#13Mark Cuban points out that the SEC should be issuing clear guidelines instead of vague threats[1].
>Cuban argued the SEC should make clear rules so private companies and investors know where they stand with regulators ... "The one thing that could make the whole thing go backwards instead of forward is uncertainty," he said.
[1] http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/01/mark-cuban-heres-the-problem-...
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#14What natural right do these regulatory agencies (or group of thugs known as government) have to regulate free people who choose to associate freely? What they are doing is deeply immoral.
What "natural right" do people have to free association?
(hint: the answer is none, because there is no such thing as a "natural right")
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#15Regulator with power for regulating public companies warns of the grave danger in companies not being public. They could be escaping their benevolent oversight!
Bahaha yes. "White echoed the concerns of some industry insiders that these tech start-ups are missing out on the market discipline public companies receive by being accountable to the whims of public shareholder." Really? Being accountable to whims is a good thing?!!
It puts the fear of the markets and investors in the mind of the CEO and makes him or her work like a dog. As it should. There is definitely something to that. Don't meet analyst expectations and get burned. Yes that keeps you performing rather than doing your thing. At least in the short term it does some thing. In the long run we don't know how it rolls.
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#16This was a predictable effect of increased regulation of public companies, (SOX) etc, and awareness that a founder can move more strategically without being concerned with quarterlies and accountability to shared owners. Politically it's unsustainable. If we see a half dozen more unicorns with household names people will tie completely private ownership to concerns about inequality: no way for the average person to b…
VCs may be less concerned with the next quarter than public shareholders, but at some point there will be accountability, since they will want to get their money. That requires an IPO, generally, does it not? Or at least an acquisition by an even larger company.
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#17Uhhh doesn't a VC need to close out their position eventually? And mark a return on their fund? If you take VC money you can't be private forever, you need to be acquired or go public.
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#18Why would I want to sell a company that I enjoy running to a bunch of people who want to turn it into cash?
Public markets seem to be for people who want to take on some debt or are tired of being responsible for the future of their business.
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#19Why would I want to sell a company that I enjoy running to a bunch of people who want to turn it into cash? Public markets seem to be for people who want to take on some debt or are tired of being responsible for the future of their business.
Isn't that true for all forms of investment? Including VC?
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#20Dear SEC, Reduce the costs and risks related to going and staying public - you'll easily get your wish!
How would the SEC reduce "risks related to going and staying public?"