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Sales of private shares presenting new challenges; SEC reviewing rules

  • 06/ 11

Last month, SEC chairman Mary Shapiro told the House Oversight Committee that the commission is reviewing the rules and restrictions surrounding the sale of private company stock. Current restrictions include, among others…

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Entrepreneur insights: be open, take risks, encourage questions

  • 05/ 11

My colleagues and I have just finished over a dozen interviews of Bay Area CEOs who were regional semifinalists in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. It was an amazing opportunity, and I want to …

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XBRL words to the wise: get a move on!

  • 04/ 11

My colleague Mary Allen observed in her December post that most companies are experiencing rude awakenings when they realize the incredible number of hours needed for XBRL tagging, and she cautioned against relying on a pr…

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New study looks at implications of Bay Area entrepreneurship

  • 04/ 11

An exciting new study soon be released will benchmark the entrepreneurship policies of the Bay Area and provide a detailed review of entrepreneurship and its potential implications over the next one to five years. The San …

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The good in the evil SOX narrative

  • 04/ 11

I’ve been working in corporate governance, SOX compliance, for almost four years now and the most difficult task for any company has been the development of the SOX narrative. The narrative is the framework for under…

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