Private Companies

Private-company Sales, Margin Growth Continue

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Small Business, Starting a Business, Professional-Services, Manufacturing, Private Companies, Sageworks, Profitability, Small Business America, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

Privately held U.S. companies -- the millions of businesses that drive job creation and GDP -- are growing sales so far this year at about the same ra...

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The JOBS Act: IPO On-ramp or Public Company Off-ramp?

Brian Hamilton | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Ipo, Obama Jobs Act, Jobs, Small Business, Private Companies, Public Companies, Sageworks, Small Business News
Brian Hamilton

What really separates a good company is the quality of the product -- not the money backing the company, which is why I encourage managements to spend most of the time discovering how to develop their great idea with limited capital.

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Does Size Matter?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Sales-Growth, Profit Margins, Small Business, Private Companies, Sageworks, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

Privately held companies have a huge impact on the U.S. economy, and new data shows that sales and margin performance through the recession and so far in the recovery has varied, depending on the size of the company.

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Who's Hiring?

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Private Companies, Manufacturing Jobs, Economy Hiring, Hiring Jobs, Growth Jobs, Employment Economy, Growth Industry, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

Friday's jobs report showed that fewer-than-expected positions were added in March. But several industries that have driven a lot of the hiring over the last year continued to add workers last month. Who's been hiring, and which industries have the kind of business fundamentals that could pave the way for adding more jobs?

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The Hottest Industries To Start A Business In

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Start a Business, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Private Companies, Small Business America, Startup, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

There are, of course, many considerations to starting your own business. But if you've been wondering what fields might be fertile for a new business, a good place to start is the Bureau of Labor Statistics' new employment projections for 2010 to 2020.

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Private Businesses Are Improving, But a Big Unknown Lurks

Brian Hamilton | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Jobs, Private Companies, Financial Analysis, Debt, Gdp, National Debt, Unemployment, Inflation, U.S. Debt, Interest Rates, Business News
Brian Hamilton

Are the best years of the United States behind us? I don't think so, but the national debt will remain the biggest threat to this glacier of an economy.

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How SecondMarket Gives Startups A Bridge To An IPO

Barry Silbert | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Secondary Market, Liquidity, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Private Company Stock, Venture Capital, Private Companies, #4StartupAct, Growth Market, Growth Companies, Secondmarket, Alternative Investments Regulatory Changes, Electronic Trading, Startups, Sec, American Jobs, US Public Stock Market, Small Business America, Business News
Barry Silbert

How does a startup know when the time is right to leverage the private company stock market? Although there is no clear-cut formula, certain indicators, such as number of shareholders, the age of the startup, and market traction can be utilized.

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Why Startups Are Shying Away From IPOs

Barry Silbert | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Sec, Secondary Market, Secondmarket, Private Company Stock, Private Companies, Startups, US Public Stock Market, Entrepreneurs, American Jobs, Regulatory Changes, Electronic Trading, Venture Capital, Growth Companies, Small Business America, Business News
Barry Silbert

Many Americans are unaware that the U.S. public stock markets no longer support growth-stage companies. Systemic changes have caused companies to remain private far longer than in previous decades.

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SEC May Make It Easier (For Some) To Buy Into The Next Facebook

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Shares, Initial Public Offerings, Mary Shapiro, Worldcom, Mike McGrath, Enron, Facebook, Private Companies, National Venture Capital Association, Lawrence Goldstein, Santa Monica Partners, Goldman Sachs, Emily Mendell, Mashable, Stock, Pen Parr, Nelbee, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Companies, 499 Rule, Small Business America, Business News

NEW YORK -- It may soon become a lot easier for startups to raise capital -- and avoid the regulatory scrutiny and costs associated with going public....

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BACKDOOR IPOs: SEC May Make It Easier For Startups To Raise Cash

Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Share Issues, Zynga, Twitter, Sec, US Securities Regulators, Facebook, Private Companies, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

U.S. securities regulators may ease constraints on share issues by private companies, making it easier for start-ups to raise money, the Wall Stre...

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Colorado Springs Now Outsources Its Outsourcing Efforts

Colorado Springs Independent | J. Adrian Stanley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Budget Crisis, Libertarian, Private Companies, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Budget, Denver News

No matter how you describe it, Colorado Springs' attempt to "be more efficient" by looking at outsourcing many basic city services to private companie...

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LBO Debt Weighs Heavily On Newly Private Companies

The New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linens 'N Things, Lbo Companies, Leveraged Buyout, Lbo Debt, Private Companies, Linens 'N Things Bankruptcy, Business News

The credit quality of firms taken private in the last few years has "visibly eroded" since the credit crunch began last summer, analysts at Fitch Rati...

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