Archive for March 26th, 2009

Note To Timothy Geithner: Do Startups & Venture Capitalists Really Need More Regulation?

Posted on March 26, 2009. Filed under: Internet, Regulation, Uncategorized, Venture Capital | Tags: IPO, Regulation, sarbanes-oxley, sarbox, Venture Capital |

Mr. Geithner: In the late 1990′s, in response to the obvious financial shenanigans of large companies like Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, Washington handed us the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  I have no idea how effective Sarbanes has been at reducing fraud (it obviously did not prevent our current economic malaise), but I do know one thing.  Sarbox created [...]