Episode #36: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says he wants to Make IPOs Great Again! (MIGA). Craig agrees, and looks at the SEC's ideas to encourage private companies to public, and adds a few ideas of his own.

In IPO Radar news, the government shutdown is over. How will that impact IPO timing as we close out 2025.

Skims has raised a new round valuing the company at $5 billion. Will Kim Kardashian offer IPO shares to customers?

And WHOOP's CEO says he's eyeing an IPO within the next two years.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:26) Fewer Public Stocks

(1:26) Private Staying Private

(1:51) MIGA! Paul Atkins

(2:34) MIGA Three Pillars

(3:09) NYT MIGA Article

(4:28) #1 Reduced Filing Requirements

(6:18) Not all Cost and Burden

(8:16) #2 Limiting Shareholder Proposals

(9:44) #3 Litigation Reform

(10:26) More Incentives

(11:51) Audit Bottleneck

(13:52) Section 12(g) Reform

(14:53) Elon SpaceX Stock Comments Nov 6th

(16:03) Deregulated Pre-IPO and Tokenization

(17:24) Accreditation Reform

(18:14) Tax Incentives

(19:18) IPO Radar News

(19:39) Shutdown Over

(21:05) Skims Worth $5 Billion

(21:48) Skims IPO Potential

(24:50) Dear Kim Kardashian

(25:17) WHOOP IPO Potential in 2 Years

(26:33) WHOOP Directed Share Program

(27:50) WHOOP Blood Glucose Monitoring

(28:56) WHOOP Valuation

(30:32) Coming Soon

(31:48) Outro

#36: Make IPOs Great Again! Says SEC Chairman Paul Atkins. Plus, Skims Raises, and a WHOOP for IPOs

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