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In this episode of Capital Ideas, we sit down with Darren Marble, the visionary behind Going Public, a streaming platform built around Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation A+ offerings where viewers can invest in startups in real time. Marble breaks down the massive cultural shift of the modern "investumer" and explains why storytelling is actually the ultimate form of transparency and due diligence.

Capital Ideas 46: Going Public's Darren Marble on How Entertainment is Turning Audiences Into Owners

Marble, Founder and CEO of Going Public, joined ICAN co-hosts Nick Morgan, Mark Hiraide, and Dara Albright on a recent episode of the Capital Ideas podcast to make that case. Going Public is an interactive streaming platform built around Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and Regulation A+ (Reg A) offerings, where viewers can watch companies raise capital in real time and invest alongside the story directly through the platform.

Nicolas Morgan

17 hours ago0 min read

a glimpse into how Franklin’s financial innovations helped shape the foundations of modern capital markets

Capital Ideas 45: Mark Skousen on Benjamin Franklin - Founding Father and Capital Markets Architect

In this special Independence Day episode of Capital Ideas, we celebrate the financial foundations of America with renowned economist, professor, and direct descendant of Benjamin Franklin, Mark Skousen. Author of The Greatest American: Benjamin Franklin, The World’s Most Versatile Genius, Skousen details how Franklin aggressively broke from traditional anti-capitalist philosophies to explicitly defend speculation, investment, and commercial society.

Nicolas Morgan

Jul 50 min read

Everything You Own Was Built by Someone Who Dared: A conversation with John Tillman on the Capital Ideas podcast is a love letter to the entrepreneur and a wake-up call for America.

Capital Ideas 44: Fearing Failure—The Silent Killer of American Innovation

"Societies that stop admiring builders eventually stop producing them." For generations, the American spirit was anchored by the entrepreneur - the true conductors of the prosperity train. Today, that foundational narrative is fading, and the barriers keeping ordinary people from participating in free enterprise are multiplying.

Nicolas Morgan

Jun 160 min read

When Intel went public in 1971, it raised a mere $8 million at a $50 million valuation. Today, that same company is worth over $400 billion, turning early retail investors into multi-millionaires. But that era is dead. Today, the modern IPO has been transformed from a growth engine into a corporate exit strategy.

Capital Ideas 43: Wall Street Lost the Small Cap IPO

Mel Lavitt, one of the architects of the modern IPO marketing process and a veteran of some of the most consequential public offerings in history, recently joined ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast to discuss how the IPO market evolved from a relationship-driven ecosystem of small firms and emerging companies into today’s highly institutionalized capital formation machine.

Nicolas Morgan

Jun 80 min read