Tomorrow is the big day. On September 23, the new SEC rules ending the ban on general solicitation in certain private securities offerings, mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, become official. As long as you limit ultimate purchasers of securities to "accredited...
It's official. The new SEC rules ending the ban on advertising and general solicitation in Regulation D private securities offerings to accredited investors were published in the US Federal Register on July 24. They are effective 60 days later, or September 23, 2013. After that...
Yesterday US prosecutors filed charges against five Eastern European men. They are accused of hacking into computers at Nasdaq and a bunch of major Wall Street companies. It appears the government believes they stole over 160 million credit card numbers. They are calling it the...
According to The Deal, there were eight IPOs of life science companies in May alone, more than the whole rest of the year leading up to May. This is good! And they are generally trading very well. In the second quarter, life science IPOs were...
It looks like the small cap market just finished its strongest half year since 2008. That's good! According to The Deal, IPOs doubled, private investments in public equity (PIPEs) are up as are special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), and additional public offerings by already public companies...
The SEC minutes ago in an open hearing finally adopted rules required by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act to end the ban on general solicitation and advertising in private offerings of securities under Regulation D Rule 506 offerings. This will only be permitted...
I'm quite thrilled to officially launch the brand new David Feldman Blog today, May 1, 2013. I am reminded a bit of the barely audible cries of the Whos in Dr. Seuss' tiny Whoville, trying to get the attention of the huge elephant Horton who...
The "avoid the fiscal cliff" bill, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and passed back in January, had an important provision that many seem to have overlooked. An exemption from all federal capital gains tax for qualifying “small business stock” (under Section 1202 of...
I'm thrilled to be launching this new blog, something I've been planning for quite a long time. After blogging about reverse mergers and related topics for so long, in this new home I'm expanding my commentary to include entrepreneurship, the US and world economy and stock markets,...
Work/life balance (or as I like to call it work/less work balance) is critical to succeed in the marathon that is building an exciting company. In addition to spending time with family, it is very important to find time for the things you enjoy on...