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Nov14
10 Reasons to Go Private: Summary
Over the last few months, I've posted ten reasons for small public companies to go private.  Some of these reasons are so compelling that large companies are going private in remarkable numbers.  For smaller businesses in today's regulatory and market environment, I contend that it makes no sense to be public.  I frankly hope that the regulatory and market environment will change, making it reasonable for real, profitable, but smaller businesses to go public.

So, here's a summary of my ten reasons with links to the original posts:
  1. wall_street.jpgValuation
  2. Corporate Governance
  3. Access to Capital
  4. Control
  5. Liquidity
  6. Recruiting
  7. Auditing
  8. Scandal Scale
  9. Strategy
  10. Golf
So, what do you think?

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Great content, Devin. Keep up the informative post!

Since the start of this series, a small local listed company has decided to go private. Maybe your series pushed them over the edge.

Of your ten reasons I think that strategy is the most important with auditing a close second.
Having spent the past few years in large public companies I am amazed at how quickly and often solid long-term strategies are abolished just to meet quarterly earnings. Shareholder value is rarely maximized with this incentive system and resultant behavior.
Auditing protects shareholder interests, but the smaller the company the higher the cost to benefit ratio.
Great series!!!

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