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Long Term Stock Exchange

Long Term Stock Exchange

LTSE aims to bridge this gap by encouraging early stage companies with long-term growth potential go public early. The hypothesis is that, if companies go public early enough, everybody can share in the newly created wealth. IPOs mainly because of the market's short-term thinking, which compels companies to focus on delivering stellar financial results from quarter to quarter. This, according to LTSE CEO Eric Ries, has led to a decline in innovation. data-reactid="32"The new stock exchange believes that companies delay IPOs mainly because of the market's short-term thinking, which compels companies to focus on delivering stellar financial results from quarter to quarter. This, according to LTSE CEO Eric Ries, has led to a decline in innovation. survey of some hedge funds that invested in the popular ride-sharing company Lyft at IPO is an example of the near-term mindedness of the stock market. The survey showed that the investors didn't believe in Lyft's long-term prospects. Lyft went public via an IPO on March 29. data-reactid="35"A recent survey of some hedge funds that invested in the popular ride-sharing company Lyft at IPO is an example of the near-term mindedness of the stock market. The survey showed that the investors didn't believe in Lyft's long-term prospects. Lyft went public via an IPO on March 29. Recode that some short-term oriented funds could be out of Lyft's stock as fast as by the end of the first day of trading. data-reactid="36"Vincent Ning, director of research and operations at Titan Invest, which conducted a survey on hedge funds revealed to the technology news publication Recode that some short-term oriented funds could be out of Lyft's stock as fast as by the end of the first day of trading. To potentially force market participants to adopt a longer-term view, LTSE is building a structure that would encourage growing companies to attract and reward long-term, patient capital in the public market. The stock exchange believes its own approach will help build more sustainable companies. How does LTSE plan to encourage long-termism? company aims to mandate companies that list on its exchange to adopt a set of corporate governance principles that foster long-term thinking - both for the company and for the shareholders. It has developed a set of listing standards toward that vision. data-reactid="39"The company aims to mandate companies that list on its exchange to adopt a set of corporate governance principles that foster long-term thinking - both for the company and for the shareholders. It has developed a set of listing standards toward that vision. encourage listed companies to focus on publishing key indicators of future growth and limit emphasis on quarterly predictions. Another part of the principles is to encourage LTSE-listed companies to link executive pay and bonuses to projected performance over the coming decade, as opposed to the typical Wall Street status quo that links pay and bonuses to short-term achievements. data-reactid="40"The exchange will encourage listed companies to focus on publishing key indicators of future growth and limit emphasis on quarterly predictions. Another part of the principles is to encourage LTSE-listed companies to link executive pay and bonuses to projected performance over the coming decade, as opposed to the typical Wall Street status quo that links pay and bonuses to short-term achievements.

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About Long Term Stock Exchange

Founded

2015

Estimated Revenue

$10M-$50M

Employees

11-50

Funding / Mkt. Cap

$169M

Category

Industry

Financial Services

Location

City

San Francisco

State

California

Country

United States

Tech Stack (95)

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