BRAVE: IPO Battles VS. Regulatory Giants, Boardroom Conflict & The Tech Lobby Game - E677

From BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand & Malaysia Startups, Founders & Venture Capital VC (English) Jeremy Au

Jeremy Au explains the intense friction between startup growth and legal boundaries. He describes how founders and VCs negotiate high-stakes IPO prices while navigating the "Goliath" power of industry incumbents. The talk explores how startups use customer bases as political shields and why late-stage investors rely on liquidity preferences to survive messy market exits.

01:00 The IPO Pricing Tug-of-War: Jeremy details the messy negotiations between founders, boards, and banks when setting public share prices.

06:44 The Liquidity Waterfall: Understanding why late-stage investors often take all the money during an "underwater" IPO.

08:58 Regulatory Capture and Lobbying: How incumbents like Verizon or Comcast use the law to crush startup competition.

11:10 Permission vs. Forgiveness: Comparing Uber’s aggressive expansion against regulators with Didi’s experience in China.

18:38 The Hidden Hand of Think Tanks: Jeremy reveals how tech companies fund the research that shapes future AI and privacy laws.

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