Going Public Is Only the Beginning - Jason Paltrowitz | Seth Farbman's Podcast

A $5 billion stock market, and the kind of insight that helps founders avoid becoming a cautionary tale about it.

In this episode of From Startup to Stock Exchange, Seth Farbman sits down with Jason Paltrowitz, a cross-border equity and capital markets consultant at Cross Bridge who has worked with companies across more than 40 countries. They discuss what a real secondary market looks like once the IPO hype fades, why the US market isn't one market at all, why late filings are a red flag for investors, and why early-stage companies probably shouldn't be held to the same standard as a company like Microsoft. Jason also explains why he no longer ties himself to any single exchange, structure, or country, and what that independence lets him tell clients that a paid banker often can't.

If you're a founder, executive, or investor thinking about going public, or you're already listed and rethinking your capital markets strategy, this conversation is for you.

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Connect with Jason Paltrowitz, Founder & Principal, Crossbridge Advisors LLC
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-paltrowitz-a870a91/

Chapters: 
00:00 – Trailer
00:40 – Introduction
01:44 – Jason's background
03:51 – Leaving OTC and starting Cross Bridge
09:11 – The biggest misconception about US markets
12:20 – IPO vs. secondary market, and the Mongolia stat
14:24 – The Times Square billboard problem
17:11 – The Kazakhstan airport story
18:02 – Nasdaq and NYSE delisting rules, "lawful but awful"
26:44 – How he picks which companies to work with
30:10 – What separates companies that survive from ones that don't
34:26 – Working with exchanges instead of just issuers
40:00 – His take on 24-hour trading
45:54 – How to reach Jason, and the 7.5% stake he turned down

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