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...]
Sorry VCs, Direct Listings Are Not a Magic Elixir
Spotify Technology and Slack Technologies, each multibillion-dollar companies, listed their shares for trading on the New York Stock Exchange in the … [Read more...]
Upstart Exchange Blasts Nasdaq Plan to Boost Small-Stock Trading
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...]
Considerations for High-Growth Company Boards in 2018
Governing pre-initial public offering (IPO) and small-cap public companies is a radically different challenge than governing enterprise-scale … [Read more...]
Board Composition: A Big Reason Small-Caps Undertake Bad Financings
Board composition is critical, especially for small-caps. It’s a balancing act between cost constraints and jeopardizing shareholder value. Needlessly … [Read more...]
Pre-IPO Corporate Governance Fireside Chat with Steve Hooper
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...]
Memo to Small-Cap Boards: Don’t Outsource Proxy Statements
By Adam J. Epstein | Nasdaq MarketInsite | May 12, 2017 Considering that 78 percent of activist campaigns were waged in companies with … [Read more...]
Adam J. Epstein of Third Creek Advisors to Speak at Venture Capital Focused Corporate Governance Event in Seattle
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...]
Understanding the Advice of Boardroom Lawyers
“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...]
What VCs Can Learn From Olive Garden
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...]
