Shareholders have rights to information, increases paperwork and such. Also, can be forced to release financials to the public once you have 500: http://www.bu

Shareholders have rights to information, increases paperwork and such. Also, can be forced to release financials to the public once you have 500: http://www.businessinsider.com/rule-12g5-1b3-or-how-facebook-just-announced-plans-to-go-public-2011-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/rule-12g5-1b3-or-how-facebook...