Inside the Emerging Growth Markets

In this episode of Inside the Emerging Growth Markets, Joseph Lucosky explores why uplistings have become one of the fastest-growing pathways to the public markets and why they may be the right strategy for many companies navigating today's increasingly selective listing environment. As traditional IPOs continue to face greater scrutiny, companies and advisors are increasingly turning to alternati...

In this episode of Inside the Emerging Growth Markets, Joseph Lucosky breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions currently shaping the microcap and emerging growth markets: the belief that Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange still operate the way they did just a few years ago. For years, Nasdaq was viewed as the more formulaic and accessible exchange for emerging growth companies, while NYSE...

In this episode of Inside the Emerging Growth Markets, Joseph Lucosky examines one of the most controversial proposals currently facing the microcap market: Nasdaq’s proposed $5 million market capitalization delisting rule and the growing pushback it is generating across the public company ecosystem. What may appear to be a straightforward effort to improve market quality has quickly evolved into...

In Episode 2 of Inside the Emerging Growth Markets, Joseph Lucosky breaks down the real story behind Q1 2026 and why the microcap market isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving. While traditional microcap IPO activity dropped dramatically year over year, the broader market tells a much different story. As exchanges continue tightening standards and increasing discretionary review, founders, bankers, and...

The microcap market isn’t closed, but it’s no longer playing by the old rules. In this first episode of Inside the Emerging Growth Markets, Joseph Lucosky breaks down what’s really happening behind the scenes as the microcap markets move from a rules-based system to a discretionary one, and what that means for founders, boards, and deal teams trying to get public today. From the outside, the marke...

What’s really happening inside the emerging growth markets, and why are some companies able to get public, raise capital, and grow, while others struggle just to get through the process? Inside the Emerging Growth Markets is a real-time briefing from the trenches, hosted by Joseph Lucosky, Managing Partner of Lucosky Brookman LLP. Wall Street–trained and founder-focused, Joe has spent the last two...