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Ben Williamson

Ben Williamson

Strategy

Why every public company needs an owner's manual.

Here is a magic wand. With it, any wish you have for your company will be granted. What do you wish for? If you answered “People who will buy my stock, hold it, and support us in the long term”, then read on. But no magic is necessary for today’

By Ben Williamson Aug 24, 2024

Strategy

The four types of investors buying and selling right now.

Four investor personas First up, I loved doing this exercise because thoroughly researching your target audience is such an obvious way of optimising how you can engage with the market. It’s the ins and outs of our day-to-day that usually get in the way, which is why I love

By Ben Williamson Aug 22, 2024

Strategy

You need a hero slide.

It's official. Reporting season has kicked off. But for many of you, the big day is still to come. Telstra only went yesterday - so there is plenty of time. But while you're getting ready you need to start getting your FY24 presentation deck together. Most

By Ben Williamson Aug 17, 2024

Strategy

You (still) can’t fatten a pig on market day.

When I wrote this original article nearly two years ago, it was born from seeing companies make a similar mistake time and again. They would wait until they needed the market for something - funds or a vote - and then start communicating. By then it was too late to

By Ben Williamson Aug 10, 2024

Strategy

What if an SPP only took 24 hours?

One of my long term goals is to enable listed companies to run an SPP alongside a placement. Having helped facilitate over 2,000 raises, I have often asked the question, “why do SPPs take so long?” From where I sit, the main reason we stick to two-week exposure periods

By Ben Williamson Aug 3, 2024

Strategy

Reclaim the magic of being listed.

Being listed shouldn’t feel like an uphill battle. Yet, many public companies struggle with opaque data and expensive intermediaries. At InvestorHub, we believe being listed should be a superpower.

By Ben Williamson Jul 26, 2024

Strategy

Only 1/3rd of CEOs are responsible for Investor Relations?

Last week’s question to the community was “who owns investor relations at your company?” Here is the breakdown of the 70+ responses that I received: Before I asked the question, my assumption was that “CEO/MD” would have taken up at least 70% of the votes, with boards and

By Ben Williamson Jul 20, 2024

Strategy

Are you willing to sprint for an unknown distance?

What do JP Morgan, Colgate Palmolive, Bank of America, and Birkenstock have in common? Their age. They are all over 200 years old - older than your grandfather’s grandmother would be if she were alive today. A public company is its own legal entity, with its own heartbeat, soul,

By Ben Williamson Jul 13, 2024

Strategy

The Q1 tsunami of newsflow: how to stand out during reporting season

I used to play competitive field hockey. For those unfamiliar with the sport, it can be a brutal game - it combines the pace of soccer with the physicality of basketball, oh and everybody carries a wooden stick whilst hitting a giant golf ball at each other. What I’m

By Ben Williamson Jul 6, 2024

Strategy

How to identify $3.67m in hidden capital

There are millions of dollars hiding in plain sight on your cap table right now. And I know this because I have manually found dozens of them, and have the data to prove it. So in today’s article, we are going to cover: 1. High net worth (HNW) vs

By Ben Williamson Jun 29, 2024

Strategy

Avoiding momentum killers: lessons from GYG's $2.2bn IPO

One of the most compelling stories in the financial markets this week is GYG’s IPO. Despite listing with 85% of its shares held by the top 20 investors, GYG’s IPO has already attracted a significant number of retail investors (GYG accounted for 30% of Thursday's total

By Ben Williamson Jun 22, 2024

Changing your frame of reference.

Are you looking at upside the right way? There’s a great story I read about a US start-up (let’s call them “Flame”). With their mobile app, Flame had an excellent take-up rate for new customers. But they struggled to get repeat customers and the issue they diagnosed was

By Ben Williamson May 30, 2024
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