Getting Funded - What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know About IPOs

Investors need to earn returns on invested equity and achieve liquidity in order to make capital available to reinvest in everything from start-up and early stage ventures to late-staged ventures and public companies. Success (positive returns) breeds success. Failure (negative returns) leads to capital fleeing to other asset classes or more friendly shores. As Ray Rothrock, GP of Venrock has said, "It takes an IPO market to keep the M&A market honest." IPO market health and aftermarket support (once public) is critical to the whole "equity capital supply chain." 

Come hear from David Weild, former vice chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market - and one of the world's top experts on equity capital markets, IPO management and aftermarket support - discuss developments in Washington, equity financing trends, and how entrepreneurs and management teams might adjust strategy to improve their chances for success.