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IPOs Just Aren't What They Used To Be
- budu3 16y ago"[L]iquidity offerings followed by an eventual sale transaction", Can someone explain with that means?
- tav 16y ago"Liquidity offerings" refers to the sale of some of the shares from the original investment in the secondary market. And by "eventual sale transaction", I think that he just means an exit through a sale — acquisition or otherwise.
- timf 16y agoDupe detection just isn't what it used to be, this is from today as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1444641 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1444641 (The URLs of each entry look the same to me, is exact dupe detection broken? Perhaps this URL was edited post-submission and is now equal?)
- pier0 16y agoAnd why would I edit the URL?
- timf 16y agoI've edited mine before if I notice there is cruft like campaign trackers, etc., to get to the canonical URL (i.e., I made a mistake submitting). I am not "accusing" you of anything, I am wondering why the dupe detector does not work. It's of interest to me especially since I rely on the submission here to do an atomic "Submit or vote this up" action instead of polluting things.
- rokhayakebe 16y agoWhy cant these companies just pay dividends?
- tlrobinson 16y agoVenture funds typically have a ~10 year lifespan. Their investments must be made liquid by the end of the fund.
- rjett 16y agoUnder what circumstances would a company fail to IPO successfully? I'm assuming this would happen if they didn't create enough interest among investors to raise a specified threshold of money. Is my intuition correct?