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...issue at the myriad companies responsible for the American economic boom of the '90s and beyond. What drives people up the wall is the issue of walls themselves, or the lack of them. In the early '90s, when flat organization structures, low salaries and the dream of an IPO captivated everybody, one symbol of the democratic capitalist revolution was the wall-less office, which brought together CEOS and corporate grunts in one big, happy, synergistic family. Andy Grove had--and still has--a cubicle; Jay Chiat didn't even have that. The wall-less office ruled...
America's '80s buyout phase mostly bypassed Europe. The main reason: there were fewer European public companies then. It took the IPO movement of the '90s to make going private possible. But what's happening now is no replay of '80s America, Wright insists. That era was marked by hostile bids and huge, massively leveraged deals often financed with high-risk, low-investment-grade junk bonds. Today's deals are rarely hostile, and debt levels are more manageable. Today's mantra is "buy and build." Once a company has been taken private, the idea is to build...
POSERS If you're scouring the Web for that pre-IPO stock that will bring you riches, take heed. The SEC has been cracking down on a number of companies that use the Internet to make false and misleading pre-IPO claims and stock offers, either through their websites or spam messages. In most cases, these companies have no hope of ever going public. Last month 1stBuy.com settled with the sec after allegedly defrauding more than 1,000 investors of $3.8 million. If it looks too good to be true, chances...
Employees at large companies often are frustrated that their work isn't making any big waves, he says. But at a pre-IPO startup, things are different...
RISKY BUSINESS The clubby world of venture capital has gone retail. Recently a closed-end mutual fund--the meVC Draper Fisher Jurveston fund--began trading on the N.Y.S.E., allowing investors to bet on the kinds of long shots VCs do. The focus of meVC is on private and pre-IPO companies. But VCs get big cuts, and with annual fees of 2.5% and 20% on realized gains, you'd better pray one of the 12 tech companies it's invested in becomes the next Cisco...