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Lesson Learned: Brand Stewardship Requires Relentless Vigilance… and Then Some

January 21, 2020 by Adam J. Epstein

Last week, I was reading a terrific article to be published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review by Professor Elizabeth Pollman entitled, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, General, Investors Tagged With: Board Advisory, Corporate Governance, IPOs

Sorry VCs, Direct Listings Are Not a Magic Elixir

December 2, 2019 by Adam J. Epstein

Spotify Technology and Slack Technologies, each multibillion-dollar companies, listed their shares for trading on the New York Stock Exchange in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, General Tagged With: Board Advisory, IPOs

Upstart Exchange Blasts Nasdaq Plan to Boost Small-Stock Trading

April 25, 2018 by Adam J. Epstein

By Alexander Osipovich   |   The Wall Street Journal   |  April 23, 2018 A proposal backed by the Trump administration to make the U.S. stock … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Capital Markets, IPOs

Considerations for High-Growth Company Boards in 2018

February 12, 2018 by Adam J. Epstein

Governing pre-initial public offering (IPO) and small-cap public companies is a radically different challenge than governing enterprise-scale … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, General, Investors, Pre-IPO Ratings Tagged With: Board Advisory, Capital Markets, IPOs

Board Composition: A Big Reason Small-Caps Undertake Bad Financings

November 6, 2017 by Adam J. Epstein

Board composition is critical, especially for small-caps. It’s a balancing act between cost constraints and jeopardizing shareholder value. Needlessly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Board Advisory, General, Pre-IPO, Small-Cap Tagged With: Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, IPOs

Pre-IPO Corporate Governance Fireside Chat with Steve Hooper

June 15, 2017 by Adam J. Epstein

On May 17, 2017, I spoke about pre-IPO corporate governance at a terrific event in Seattle entitled, “Keys to Success for High Growth Private … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, General, Pre-IPO, Small-Cap Tagged With: Corporate Governance, IPOs

Memo to Small-Cap Boards: Don’t Outsource Proxy Statements

May 12, 2017 by Adam J. Epstein

By Adam J. Epstein   |    Nasdaq MarketInsite   |    May 12, 2017 Considering that 78 percent of activist campaigns were waged in companies with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, Pre-IPO Ratings, Small-Cap Tagged With: Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, IPOs

Adam J. Epstein of Third Creek Advisors to Speak at Venture Capital Focused Corporate Governance Event in Seattle

May 10, 2017 by Adam J. Epstein

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 10, 2017) - Adam J. Epstein, founder of Third Creek Advisors, LLC, will speak at an event titled "Keys to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Investors, Newsroom, Press Releases Tagged With: Corporate Governance, IPOs

Understanding the Advice of Boardroom Lawyers

January 24, 2017 by Adam J. Epstein

“If our corporate counsel’s principal role isn’t to guide the board with respect to best practices, then why are we paying him so much to attend our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, General, Lawyers - Legal Tagged With: Corporate Governance, IPOs, Law

What VCs Can Learn From Olive Garden

July 25, 2016 by Adam J. Epstein

  Easily some of the smartest people I've been privileged to meet in my career are venture capitalists within the Sand Hill Road ecosystem. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Blog, General Tagged With: Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, IPOs

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