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with so many companies faltering after IPO, why do you as a an individual have any reason to stay at a company past it's IPO? seems like the best thing you can do for yourself is use the company's momentum of going public to ask for more money in a new a job
> And as of Friday, at least 11 of 49 venture-capital-backed U.S. technology companies with IPOs since the start of 2014 traded below the per-share value where they last raised money as a private company, an analysis of stock-sale documents by The Wall Street Journal shows. Here's why I think this matters. Previously tech companies, Microsoft being the prime example, paid employee's a fair market wage but then gave o…
Sounds like a good deal for the company.
> And as of Friday, at least 11 of 49 venture-capital-backed U.S. technology companies with IPOs since the start of 2014 traded below the per-share value where they last raised money as a private company, an analysis of stock-sale documents by The Wall Street Journal shows. Here's why I think this matters. Previously tech companies, Microsoft being the prime example, paid employee's a fair market wage but then gave o…
I'm perfectly willing to take less money for other reasons, but not in exchange for a lottery ticket.
Different primarily as maxxxxx says: 'IPOs are mainly a vehicle to sell stocks to the public where the investors have pretty much extracted all likely gains already'
PLS god one more crash I need affordable house thx
BUBBLE WUT BUBBLE THIS TIME DIFFER– Different primarily as maxxxxx says: 'IPOs are mainly a vehicle to sell stocks to the public where the investors have pretty much extracted all likely gains already' PLS god one more crash I need affordable house thx
BUBBLE WUT BUBBLE THIS TIME DIFFER– Different primarily as maxxxxx says: 'IPOs are mainly a vehicle to sell stocks to the public where the investors have pretty much extracted all likely gains already' PLS god one more crash I need affordable house thx
Sadly a crash might not do it. Next big trend, Chinese rich people sneaking money out of the country and into California real estate
> In a sign of wariness among pre-IPO investors, an analysis of funding rounds by law firm Fenwick & West LLP in March found that 30% of private companies valued at $1 billion or more promised a specified IPO price. In some cases, the companies agreed to give additional equity to investors if the IPO price wasn’t met. This is not necessarily a "sign of wariness." The investors are just doing what reasonably sophistic…
A lot of people have an irrational hatred of high finance.