“ The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at adapting its rules to encourage Internet-age techniques for small companies raising capital.
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SEC Is Reviewing Small Internet Sales of Stock - WSJ.com
This is without question one of the most exciting developments for anyone interested in institutional, systematic reinvigoration of business and the economy to come to pass in some time.
As the article notes, we are certainly at an early stage of exploration here (regulatory-wise). But as John Hagel noted over two years ago, “We need a new rationale for our biggest private and public sector institutions—to re-imagine them in line with the world around us. Rather than scalable efficiency, we need scalable connectivity, learning, and performance.”
There’s no question that widening the market for equity positions in business ventures can play a role in that re-imagination.
