Dream Exchange CEO Joe Cecala Discusses Future of Public Capital for Small Business on Yahoo Finance

CHICAGO, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Joe Cecala, Founder and CEO of Dream Exchange, recently appeared on Yahoo Finance's "Financial Freestyle" with host Ross Mack to discuss its mission to build a public market that is designed for small and medium-sized companies. During the interview, Mr. Cecala detailed the Dream Exchange's progress towards registering as a national stock market with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its future plan to answer the market's need for a clearer path for capital formation to entrepreneurs from all walks of life with the creation of a venture exchange after the enactment of the Main Street Growth Act into law.

Mr. Cecala explained that for nearly a quarter-century, the path for small, innovative companies to enter the public markets has been largely closed. "By the time they are going to the public markets today, all the wealth creation, all the opportunity to 'get in early and build wealth by making an investment in a company that is emerging', it is gone," said Mr. Cecala.

The Dream Exchange is being built to solve this problem by focusing on the needs of emerging businesses. It will be the first stock exchange that is privately owned by individual investors, earning it the name "The People's Exchange." The objective is to create a trusted and accessible stock exchange in conjunction with a venture exchange where the most imaginative and innovative companies can find the capital they need to grow and thrive.

"I think they deserve the same opportunity to succeed. And that is not just the West Side, it is throughout the whole country," said Mr. Cecala, referencing his Chicago roots. "We want people with great imaginations and great ideas to get the capital that they need to make their idea become something we can all use."

The interview also covered the importance of the Main Street Growth Act, legislation critical to creating a venture exchange that will have a protected environment where smaller companies can list publicly. This will provide the American investing public with a vetted "menu" of new investment opportunities while creating liquidity for these securities.

The full interview with Joe Cecala is available on Yahoo Finance here: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/stock-exchange-revolutionize-investing-190009096.html

About Dream Exchange

The Dream Exchange's Form 1 Application has been formally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and notice was given to the investing public for public comment. While the period for public comment has technically expired, Dream Exchange stands ready, willing and able to answer all questions from the public as well as the SEC. When approved, it will become the first minority-controlled company to operate a licensed stock exchange in the history of the United States. Dream Exchange is currently in the process of preparing its operations for when it receives approval. In addition, Dream Exchange is championing the creation of a new type of stock exchange called a venture exchange, which will list and trade the securities of smaller, early-stage companies. Dream Exchange's mission is to create equal access to a marketplace that instills ethics, humanity, and fairness into finance.

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