Going Public: The Big Score | Joe Cecala

About Episode: Taking a company public includes a multitude of steps, hard work, and knowledge. Learn how Joe Cecala has made his career working in and around the stock market, with public companies, and making it easier for people to invest. We Meet: Joe Cecala, Founder & CEO Dream Exchange Episode References: Crowdfunding Kickstarter Steve Jobs Soviet Union CocaCola Rock’n’Roll 2018 Government Shutdown IPO TSX TSX Venture Robinhood Regulation A 1933 Registration Archipelago NASDAQ James Valvano Connect: Connect with Rick: https://linktr.ee/mrrickjordan Connect with Joe: https://dreamex.com/ Universal Rate & Review: https://lovethepodcast.com/allinwithrickjordan Subscribe & Review to ALL IN with Rick Jordan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RickJordanALLIN About Joe: A former U.S. Army Cavalry Officer, civil rights lawyer, securities lawyer, and CPA, Joe Cecala was legal counsel for the first company to carry electronic securities trading over the internet called Archipelago. Archipelago grew to eventually become the ECN of the NYSE and is known today as NYSE Arca. Since that time, working closely with small entrepreneurial business owners, Mr. Cecala has helped conduct over 100 successful capital events. Most recently, he contributed significant authorship for the Main Street Growth Act, the legislation creating venture exchanges. This act is pending in both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. It has previously garnered unanimous support in Congress multiple times from 2018-2021. Joe is the Founder and CEO of Dream Exchange, which is forming the first ever venture exchange as well as the first ever black-owned national exchange in the history of the US, schedule to open late 2022. The Dream Exchange has been created from more than 30 years of continuous progress to help US capital markets become a fair marketplace where all communities and people come to achieve the goal of making the world a better place by funding the future of great ideas and inventions.