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It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.
Private companies can say whatever they want about their performance as long as they don't lie to their own investors; public companies can't.
It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.
It’s sad. Public companies allow the rest of us to participate in a success story like this. Until IPO it’s only a selected group of affluent people who have access to these private companies.
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Why ask for IPO to dillute the effective investor pool if you are already making a ton of money consistently?
To give liquidity to investors.
It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.
As an ex-Stripe, I understand the sentiment, and the tender offers are a nice middle ground for now, but I still would like to see them go public eventually.
It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.
Companies that keep delaying going public generally do so to keep hidden unfavorable data. Private companies can say whatever they want about their performance as long as they don't lie to their own investors; public companies can't.
Unfortunately you need to be an accredited investor to access these markets.
This is the real gatekeeping here as rich pop stars, actors, sports stars and musicians who aren't versed in tech has more access to investing in these private companies than the academics, students in europe creating the algorithms that power them.
An 11 year old can inherit $100 million and be more "accredited" than you, even though they (may) have no knowledge of the industry, no investing experience and no years of industry experience.
Even if you have knowledge in the tech scene and you know which companies are going to go big in the future, unless you're ultra rich already to qualify as accredited, you're shut out early on.
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It’s sad. Public companies allow the rest of us to participate in a success story like this. Until IPO it’s only a selected group of affluent people who have access to these private companies.
IPOs also kill a lot of companies. Now you have a new list of investors you are obligated to attend to, and what those investors what is not always to make your company more successful, if it can make more money now.
It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.
It’s sad. Public companies allow the rest of us to participate in a success story like this. Until IPO it’s only a selected group of affluent people who have access to these private companies.
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I hope they hold off - going public tends to kill innovation and replace it with bureaucracy
Almost as if there's a lot to innovate in a "dumb pipe" a payment processor naturally is.