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Opinion

Halligan: NYSE and NASDAQ are identical except for ringing NYSE's bell

“You can do NASDAQ or New York Stock Exchange virtually exactly the same, except with the New York Stock Exchange, you get the ring the bell. That's why we picked New York Stock Exchange.”

Brian Halligan Aug 7, 2025 ▶ 21:53 Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever? Meta & Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Prediction Didn’t hold up

Mario Schlosser refuses to return to NYSE until Oscar stock recovers

“I'm, I am not going to go until the price is back at the IPO price or I pay my next company.”

Mario Schlosser Apr 5, 2024 ▶ 23:10 Mario Schlosser: "How to Deal with a 94% Decline in Market Cap" | E1136 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Opinion

Tenev: The NYSE trading floor is basically a media studio

“The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is basically a media studio.”

Vlad Tenev Mar 4, 2021 ▶ 4:15 20VC: Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on His Biggest Lessons Managing Through A Crisis, The Events of The Congressional Committee, Raising $2.4Bn Fast and Why It Was Necessary & Why It Is Ludicrous To Suggest Robinhood Put The Business Ahead of it's Customer

Assertion Supported

Tenev: The NYSE floor is a media center; trading happens in NJ

“There's no human component to it anymore. The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is a media center and all of the actual trading infrastructure is, is across the river in New Jersey. And so the cost of it is, is very, very low.”

Vlad Tenev Nov 30, 2020 ▶ 5:30 20VC: Robinhood Founder Vlad Tenev on The Single Most Important Thing Leadership is Responsible For, How To Manage Fear and Self-Doubt as a Leader & The Future of Fintech; Bundled or Unbundled

Assertion Partly supported

4,000 fewer US public companies exist today than 20 years ago

“There's 4000 fewer publicly listed companies on the NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange than there were 20 years ago.”

Semil Shah Oct 23, 2017 ▶ 20:05 20VC: Semil Shah on How To Raise An Institutional Venture Fund, Why LPs Mostly Have Reserve Allocation Theory Wrong & Why IPOs and Acquisitions Are Severely Constrained

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