Document Type
Note
Abstract
This Note proposes that given Spotify’s successful launch on the NYSE, direct listings will become increasingly popular—primarily for start-ups but also as an exit strategy for VC and PE firms in their nonpublic investments. Part II of this Note will discuss the process of “going public” via an IPO or a direct listing. Part III will use Spotify as an illustrative example of the direct listing process. Part IV will consider the advantages and disadvantages of direct listing. Part V will conclude that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) should embrace the direct listing process and will propose concrete actions the SEC can take to facilitate and streamline the direct listing process.
First Page
149
Last Page
180
Recommended Citation
Cody L. Lipke,
Direct Listing: How Spotify Is Streaming on the NYSE and Why the SEC Should Press Play,
12 J. Bus. Entrepreneurship & L.
149
(2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/jbel/vol12/iss1/6
