We have the heightened burden of SEC regulations to thank for all these companies staying private. If the regulatory burdens were lower more companies might go to public markets to raise capital, instead of to VCs.
The regulations are meant to protect the everyman, but the perverse result is that the opportunity to participate in these fantastic returns is now restricted to the executive tier at the startups, the rich accredited investors, the VCs, and the private equity firms.
The rest of us are left out ... unless we become founders ourselves.
The regulations are meant to protect the everyman, but the perverse result is that the opportunity to participate in these fantastic returns is now restricted to the executive tier at the startups, the rich accredited investors, the VCs, and the private equity firms.
The rest of us are left out ... unless we become founders ourselves.