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Are You Ready for IPO? Strategies and Steps For How and When to Take Your Company Public
Video Run Time: 1:23:45

Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 1:23:45.

Joseph Hadzima, Jr., President and chairman, MIT Enterprise Forum, and Managing Director of Main Street Partners LLC, thanks sponsors, and introduces Robert Buderi.

At 3:10, Robert Buderi introduces the forum. He then introduces each entrepreneur, and asks them to describe their stories.

At 6:11, Jonathan Bush begins.

At 13:22, Gail Goodman begins.

At 20:11, Buderi turns to the private equity speakers.

At 21:13, Jono Goldstein begins.

At 22:30, Bruce Evans begins.

Buderi then interviews all the speakers, asking a series of questions including:
How private equity financing fits into an IPO;
How private equity adds value to a company;
Why take a company public and whether the decision was difficult;
How the IPO offer went;
What Sarbanes-Oxley regulations mean for companies;
Whether recession will put the lid on IPOs;
How to deal with coworkers after an IPO.

At 1:06:32, Buderi invites live audience and emailed questions.

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