#036: Make IPOs Great Again!
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says he wants to Make IPOs Great Again! (MIGA).
Craig agrees, and looks at his ideas to encourage private companies to public, and adds a few ideas of his own.
In IPO Radar news, the government shutdown is over. How will that impact IPO timing as we close out 2025.
Skims has raised a new round valuing the company at $5 billion. Will Kim Kardashian offer IPO shares to customers?
And WHOOP’s CEO says he’s eyeing an IPO within the next two years.
0:00 Intro
0:26 Fewer Public Stocks
1:26 Private Staying Private
1:51 MIGA! Paul Atkins
2:34 MIGA Three Pillars
3:09 NYT MIGA Article
4:28 #1 Reduced Filing Requirements
6:18 Not all Cost and Burden
8:16 #2 Limiting Shareholder Proposals
9:44 #3 Litigation Reform
10:26 More Incentives
11:51 Audit Bottleneck
13:52 Section 12(g) Reform
14:53 Elon SpaceX Stock Comments Nov 6th
16:03 Deregulated Pre-IPO and Tokenization
17:24 Accreditation Reform
18:14 Tax Incentives
19:18 IPO Radar News
19:39 Shutdown Over
21:05 Skims Worth $5 Billion
21:48 Skims IPO Potential
24:50 Dear Kim Kardashian
25:17 WHOOP IPO Potential in 2 Years
26:33 WHOOP Directed Share Program
27:50 WHOOP Blood Glucose Monitoring
28:56 WHOOP Valuation
30:32 Coming Soon
31:48 Outro
This podcast and video are for informational and entertainment purposes only. Mentions are not a recommendation to buy or sell any pre-IPO or public company. Invest in IPOs and private companies at your own risk.
