SEC

10 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2022 by Cecil Robles · across every show →

Everything said about SEC, oldest first

Jul 19, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Robles: Reg CF is exempt and not qualified by the SEC
“Now a Reg A to get it actually, so another difference between Reg CF and Reg A is that a Reg CF does not get qualified by the SEC. It's what, it's what's called a an exempt offering.”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 13:04 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
Jul 19, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Robles: EI.Ventures took a full year to achieve SEC Reg A qualification
“I mean, with EI ventures, it took a year to get qualified.”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 19:28 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
Jul 19, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
Robles: Roughly 87% to 91% of SEC Reg A filings get qualified
“I think there's somewhere around an 87 and 91% of reg A's that actually get to the point where they're filing with the SEC that get qualified. Don't hold me to that exact number. It might be different from the last time I checked, but I think it's somewhere ar…”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 22:27 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
Jul 19, 2022 neutral
Opinion
Robles: Holding patents does not make SEC Reg A qualification easier
“No, that doesn't matter. I mean, it really is in your business plan. It really is in how good the attorney at the law firm is that's doing this. And it's in how, you know, good you present the package essentially.”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 22:07 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
Jul 19, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Robles: Filing Form 1-A for Reg A costs $50K to $100K
“Number two, you have to file what's called a form one A and a form one A is basically what the that the filing document that the SEC will review. And you know, that can cost again, depending on how complex the business is and how complex the offering is, you k…”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 15:44 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
Jul 19, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Robles: Reg CF caps raises at $1.07M without audits, $5M with audits
“So the regulation crowdfund, you are either only able to raise one point oh seven million if you don't have audited financials or five million if you do have audited financials.”
Cecil Robles Jul 19, 2022 ▶ 12:31 Turn Your Customers Into Investors Before You Ever Talk to a VC
May 20, 2025 negative
What-if
Miller: Company would have made more money fighting the SEC
“And we would have made a lot more money had I continued fighting, but that risk was out there of, you know, they could impose millions of fines and they could, these legal costs could continue to grow.”
David Miller May 20, 2025 ▶ 21:58 Trust Is the Most Valuable Intangible Currency in Business
May 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Miller: SEC used extreme, unethical enforcement tactics mirroring the show 'Billions'
“If you've seen that show billions, that, that New York AG in there, like they, there were some points of really extreme things that the SEC did that I'm not going to disclose. That is very similar to how they operate in billions. And it's quite unethical, but …”
David Miller May 20, 2025 ▶ 22:24 Trust Is the Most Valuable Intangible Currency in Business
Feb 24, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Colbertson: Founders can legally delay Form D filings until after receiving funds
“You don't have to file anything with the SEC until 15 days from the first day, from the first investment that you receive from your investor.”
Wendy Colbertson Feb 24, 2026 ▶ 13:51 Most Founders File Nothing Until After the First Check Arrives
Feb 24, 2026 neutral
Insight
Colbertson: Regulatory scrutiny typically only triggers when unhappy investors complain
“One of the ways that this really bubbles up is when your investors are not happy. They invested the money on you and now they're not happy with how the company's being run, that the company is not making money and so on. And that's when all this could surface …”
Wendy Colbertson Feb 24, 2026 ▶ 22:07 Most Founders File Nothing Until After the First Check Arrives
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