Nifty Will Go Public on Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 7th.

The Nifty Corporation is one of Japan’s major Internet service provider. It’s also an old friend.

I was in Japan when the whole Internet thing took off way back in the dark ages of the 1980s. Nifty, then Niftyserve, was set up in 1986.

My first email account was a niftyserve account.  Twenty years later, the service provider has 5.18 million subscribers.

It’s owner, Fujitsu Ltd. plans to issue 27,800 new shares.

It makes me feel a bit nostaligic to read this news. But, that is what it is all about, isn’t it? Establishing a company. Growing it. Making it marketable and then taking it public.

Congratulations Nifty! I was glad to be there at the beginning.