Yeah, I read a solid 2 pages of hyperbolic claims about how "devastating" this will be and how important angels are and how they're great and everything before I gave up on learning any actual facts and clicked back here. Thanks for the summary.
How does the bill define "startups", for one? I'm perfectly capable of believing there will be regulations which have adverse unintended consequences on startups from this bill but that sounds extremely onerous -- is that for IPOs, only? I'd actually agree with that. If it's for raising seed money or anything up through a series C, I'd disagree, very strongly in the case of earlier rounds. The article doesn't tell us which it is, though.
IPOs were "hurt" by Sarbanes Oxley, the reaction to Enron. (No, there's nothing in it that would have affected Enron.)
> If it's for raising seed money or anything up through a series C, I'd disagree, very strongly in the case of earlier rounds. The article doesn't tell us which it is, though.
While that article may not have provided every piece of information that you'd like, Google is your friend. Above I quoted the relevant section AND provided a link.
How does the bill define "startups", for one? I'm perfectly capable of believing there will be regulations which have adverse unintended consequences on startups from this bill but that sounds extremely onerous -- is that for IPOs, only? I'd actually agree with that. If it's for raising seed money or anything up through a series C, I'd disagree, very strongly in the case of earlier rounds. The article doesn't tell us which it is, though.