TechCrunch Conversations: Direct listings

Last April, Spotify surprised Wall Street bankers by choosing to go public through a direct listing process rather than through a traditional IPO. Have we reached a new normal where tech companies choose to test their own fate and disrupt the traditional capital markets process? This week's participants include: IPO researcher Jay R. Ritter (University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business), Spotify's CFO Barry McCarthy, fintech venture capitalist Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), IPO attorney Eric Jensen (Cooley LLP), research analyst Barbara Gray, CFA (Brady Capital Research), and capital markets advisor Graham A. Powis (Brookline Capital Markets).