With over 15 years in finance, Marcus Laun has experience working in public and private equities as well as venture capital. He is known in the finance community as a straight shooter, trustworthy and a visionary leader. Previous work includes serving as Vice President at both Chardan Capital Markets and Brean Murray & Co, Inc. He was also Managing Director at Knight Capital Markets (the largest equity Market Maker in North America), and CEO of Hype in their North American headquarters. In addition, Marcus has advised and consulted for many public and private companies. With this knowledge gained, he created Growth Circle as a solution to what he saw as a disconnect between investors and the face-to-face meetings necessary to really get a feel for a company and it’s trajectory. Marcus Laun earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
When meeting investors – if possible – meet in person I have recently worked on a few transactions where a discussion about a roadshow or meetings was brought up. A roadshow traditionally is where a management team or the CEO makes the rounds of the financial centers to drum up interest in a transaction or … More Bring back the Roadshow
Investor Relations for Small Cap Companies is a stupid term because “Investor Relations” doesn’t really capture the work involved in completing a comprehensive package that will help a Company relate to public investors. What is involved in SUCCESSFUL Small Cap Investor Relations? • Branding – First the Company needs to identify its niche, its reason … More “Investor Relations” for Small Cap Companies is STUPID
I spend a lot of time talking to members of the “emerging growth” company space. (I use that phrase to cover small companies that are either, Crowdfund, VC, Angel, PE, or MicroCap.) A lot of the people I talk to don’t know the Elio Story and I think it is a good one. Elio is … More Growing Domestic Business is already Happening – It wasn’t Trump’s Idea
Growth Circle /Nvestly has been selected to participate in the Startupbootcamp’s Los Angeles FastTrack on January 13th, 2016! The team will have a limited amount of time to present to around 50 mentors. Then, they have a series of mentor sessions to get constructive feedback on Growth Circle /Nvestly Company and pitch. Growth Circle creates short, informative … More Growth Circle /Nvestly is Pleased to announce its Acceptance to Startupbootcamp’s Los Angeles FastTrack
Generating liquidity in company stock can be tough. Just being a public company doesn’t provide a shareholder base or liquidity. Here are some signs that your investor base might be on the small side: 1) Not Enough Shareholders – Often I will be speaking with a CEO or an IR executive, and they will … More Attn CEOs – 5 Signs that are you Fishing in a “too small” pond of Investors – And How to Change It
Too often analysts evaluate small-cap companies the same way they look at large-cap companies. Glancing at a Company’s technology, researching the CEO and reading his Biography is easy. But what you can’t see often drives the outcome of these investments. Since most of the companies in the Micro/Small-Cap arena are not profitable and therefore “cash-burning” … More The Secret Reason Small Cap Stocks Can UnderPerform
Our Company – GrowthCircle.com invites CEOs to join us in our studio via skype tomorrow afternoon to shoot a short interview that we will edit and distribute – we will generate 10,000 impressions on your opportunity – to see our work – look at GrowthCircle.com – there is no charge for this service and you … More Generate Company Awareness
1. CEOs think that executing on the business plan is the only factor that affects the stock Unfortunately, the public company’s CEO also has to manage the “Stock” as well as the Company. This means that 50% of your time can be spent managing your team and 50% of your time should be telling your … More 5 mistakes Small Cap public Company CEOs make
In the Spirit of the Holidays, we are offering to do a complementary short 2-5 minute story video about your Company and CEO– please contact us regarding setting up an interview. We will distribute the content, video and article, over the internet as well as to our proprietary list of investors for their review. Who … More Happy Holidays – Our Gift to You
The small cap market has focused on Institutional Ownership of Micro Cap companies for a long time. Unfortunately, most of these companies aren’t ready for “prime time” as institutional holdings – they don’t have the shareholder base, they don’t have any liquidity. We are proponents of a new method of finally getting to institutional ownership, … More Revolution in Investor Relations
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