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There's always the option to simply not invest. For those platforms still in a pre-IPO state, you probably can't invest, even if you want to. For Twitter, it's

There's always the option to simply not invest. For those platforms still in a pre-IPO state, you probably can't invest, even if you want to. For Twitter, it's easy enough to not buy the stock, and, indeed, if you bought in Jan 2014, you probably wish you hadn't. But if you bought yesterday, you're probably happy enough right now.

notyourwork 9y ago
> But if you bought yesterday, you're probably happy enough right now. Get out while you can enjoy a profit.
kecoco0207 9y ago
There are currently possible ways to access and invest in those pre-IPO companies. For example, EquityZen is a platform that lets people to invest in private markets: https://equityzen.com/?utm_source=hackernews&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=investor https://equityzen.com/?utm_source=hackernews&utm_medium=comm...
bofia 9y ago
There are ways for investing in companies Pre-IPO such as EquityZen (https://equityzen.com https://equityzen.com). Often, shareholders want to get liquidity before IPO and sell their shares via the secondary market. Disclosure: I am an engineer at EquityZen