“Think of it as running a business making widgets out of your garage and wanting to eventually hire employees and work out of an actual factory setting with room for new equipment etc…”
No, it’s more like you now have big shots with really deep pockets that if they want to own part of your company they will use all sorts of shorting games to lower the price while they accumulate shares. Seen it happen. Going to the NASDAQ will definitely attract the shorts.
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