Transcript: 36Th Annual SEC Government-Business Forum On
th 36 ANNUAL SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION GOVERNMENT-BUSINESS FORUM ON SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Thursday, November 30, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The University of Texas at Austin AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center 1900 University Avenue Austin, Texas CONTENTS Page Call to Order…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy SEC Division of Corporation Finance Opening Remarks………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 Jay Hartzell, Dean, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin Introductions of SEC Chairman and Commissioners…………………………………………………………4 William H. Hinman, Director SEC Division of Corporation Finance Remarks by SEC Chairman and Commissioners…………………………………………………………………………6 Chairman Jay Clayton Commissioner Kara M. Stein Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar Panel Discussion: How Capital Formation Options Are Working for Small Businesses, Including Small Businesses in Texas………………………………………………………21 Moderators: William H. Hinman, Director SEC Division of Corporation Finance Sebastian Gomez Abero, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy SEC Division of Corporation Finance Panelists (in order of presentation): Michael S. Pieciak, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Youngro Lee, CEO, NextSeed Antonio Madrid, Co-Founder, The Native Jan Goetgeluk, CEO, Virtuix Mark Elenowitz, Founder and CEO, TriPoint Global Equities Annemarie Tierney, Vice President and Head of Strategy and New ii Markets, NASDAQ Private Market Catherine V. Mott, CEO, BlueTree Capital Group Paul R. Tobias, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. iii 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 MR. GOMEZ: Good morning, everyone. 3 We're going to go ahead and get started. 4 It is truly a pleasure to welcome you 5 all to the Annual Small Business Forum.
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