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What does it take to go public? Has it changed over the last 15 years?
Peter Cranstone
2mo
Follow up question - what is the net profit margin required to go public. The correct answer is ZERO. It's not a real business until your net profit margin beats Walmart's... currently 2.88%.
Reagan Pollack
2mo
Good point - “Private market capital values companies at higher prices (from higher multiples) & is less expensive to raise.”
Paweł Rein
2mo
If you were to bet money on whether a startup goes public or not, how would you evaluate the chances?
Joel Merle-Smith
2mo
Am I old fashioned in being more interested in what the plans are for the funds rather than how the funds are raised?
Nelson Bostrom
2mo
1 - how do we get these underwriting fees way lower?; 2 - curious what companies were included in the data (e.g., was this only venture-backed enterprise tech)?
Joseph Sfeir
2mo
Zero revenue if you are in Healthcare
Matt Perry
2mo
The problem with this post and really the entire concept of todays market is it seems no focus on Profit, because until we switch to a sustainable economic model that is fair for all that is the only thing that matters.
Ayan D.
2mo
Why is under writing so expensive? And what are the core components?
private for longer
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2moGood post and data