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IPO or Stay Private – Founders Now Have Options

by Thomas Powell | Sep 23, 2025 | Economics, Energy, Global Real Estate, Investing, Oil & Gas, Opportunity Zones, Six Keys of Capital™, The Founders Office™

Not all capital is created equal. In the U.S., we’re watching more companies choose to stay private or even go private because the regulatory burden of public markets has become too heavy. Interestingly, while domestic firms step away, international companies are...

Investors Urge GE to find that Reset Button

by Thomas Powell | Sep 27, 2018 | Economics, Energy, Investing

General Electric’s CEO called 2018 its “reset year,” but I doubt CEO John Flannery meant the whiplash turn that GE is speeding towards at the moment. Once a member of the founding elite of the Dow Jones, GE is in the middle of one of its roughest years in a decade....

Interesting Idea to Solve California’s Renewable Energy Problem?

by Thomas Powell | Aug 30, 2018 | Energy, Uncategorized

California Needs a Way to Store its Solar and Wind Energy The Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power is proposing to turn the Hoover Dam into a giant battery that would act as storage for locally-produced wind and solar energy, to the tune of $3 billion. The New York...

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