March 01, 2007
The Glom is well represented here in Columbus today, as Christine and I are presenting at a conference on "IPOs in the Internet Age" hosted by Ohio State's Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal. The symposium topic sounds a little 1999 bubblesque, doesn't it? As it's shaping up, though, the conference will be forward-looking. With a keynote by Peter Oh, I suspect we will spend a lot of time debating exactly what lessons to draw from the Google IPO and the Dutch Auction mechanism in general.
My presentation is entitled "IPO Intelligence." I'll argue that while the Internet has spurred the disintermediation of many transactions by driving down the costs of acquiring information, we're not likely to see similar efficiency gains for IPO transactions. In Gladwellian terms, IPOs are a mystery, not a puzzle. It looks like you can watch the webcast here.
The speakers include Richard Booth, James Fanto, Christine Hurt, Don Langevoort, Dale Oesterle, Peter Oh, and TOTM's Bill Sjostrom.
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1. Posted by Eager Listener on March 2, 2007 @ 11:58 | Permalink
Am I the only one having trouble with the webcast? I get a 30-second prompt that says the webcast will begin soon and try back later.
