The US House of Representatives has introduced a bill to permit simplified broker-dealer registration by "M&A brokers," intermediaries who focus on putting companies together. Previously they have had to go through an expensive registration process and the significant costs and burdens of maintaining their status...
When you hire in an entrepreneurial company, you are ultimately building a family. This is a huge responsibility, as it affects the type of work environment you will have. Looking inward to decide what type of manager you are is important in this process. Are...
According to the Pew Research Center, in a dramatic shift over the last 50+ years, an astounding 40% of American homes with kids are now led by a mother who is the sole or main breadwinner. This includes households led by both married and single...
As I talk about in my new book, The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook, there are nine key personality traits that I believe make it more likely that you can succeed in starting and successfully growing a business. One key one: being a macromanager. This is of course...
The who's who of the small and microcap finance world are gathering at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York today for the second annual Marcum LLP Microcap conference. I'm moderating a panel on corporate governance, dozens of exciting, growing companies are making presentations, and...
StockNewsNow recently posted an interview I did a few months ago while attending the Roth conference in California. I talk about the JOBS Act, entrepreneurship, the SEC, my firm and more. You can check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsfxUk6XU_U. Enjoy!...
The stock market shooting through records. Consumers watching their 401(k) accounts grow in value. Housing prices are rising. The gross domestic product is rising, slowly. I'm barely an armchair economist but it seems we are still missing some key elements to a substantial recovery, some...
The lawyers at big law firm Skadden Arps had a daunting task, according to the ABA Journal. Working on Disney's acquisition of Star Wars creator Lucasfilm last year, they had to check whether Lucas actually owned the rights to more than 10,000 characters in the various films. The partner...
A rough period here in the US for events with mass casualties, some man-made and some brought to us by Mother Nature. This week's devastating record-breaking super tornado in Oklahoma, killing dozens, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Connecticut school shooting, superstorm Sandy here in the...
I have been happily surprised by the pre-launch book order results for The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook (John Wiley & Sons/Bloomberg Press), which is officially launching today. It is all about focusing on the 7 things I believe are most likely to create serious problems as...