Joseph Lucosky

Inside the Emerging Growth Markets

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Inside the Emerging Growth Markets delivers a clear, real-time view of what’s happening across today’s emerging growth and microcap landscape. Hosted by Joseph Lucosky, the show breaks down what’s being seen from the trenches across IPOs, uplistings, direct listings, reverse mergers, SPACs, secondary offerings, and the evolving regulatory landscape, helping founders, public company leaders, and capital markets professionals make better decisions and execute at a higher level.

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Joseph Lucosky

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5. The New Uplisting Playbook – What Gets Deals Done in 2026 30.06.2026 32:29

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...

4. NYSE vs. Nasdaq - The Gap Is Closing 16.06.2026 21:22

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...

3. Nasdaq’s $5 Million Cliff & Why Washington Is Pushing Back 02.06.2026 26:23

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...

2. Q1 2026 State of the Microcap Markets 20.05.2026 25:55

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...

1. Nasdaq’s New Playbook and IM-5101-3 19.05.2026 18:34

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...

Introducing Inside the Emerging Growth Markets 03.04.2026 1:26

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...