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> The timing of the IPOs only serves to further stoke the suspicions of those Wall Street observers who see a plot to transfer a private-market bubble into publ
by chewz 7y ago
> The timing of the IPOs only serves to further stoke the suspicions of those Wall Street observers who see a plot to transfer a private-market bubble into public hands.
- llamataboot 7y agoThe whole business model of modern capitalism seems to be to exernalize every cost and privatize every profit, so just par for the course. At least let the public pension funds eat that bubble pop and not the VCs.
- turk73 7y agoBreaking News: Every IPO is a money grab after all the other pigs got to eat. It's been this way forever.
- dang 7y agoYou've posted so many flamebait comments recently that I've banned this account. This simply isn't what the site is for, and users who don't respect the guidelines can't post here. Creating accounts to post like this will eventually get your main account banned as well. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the spirit of this site more to heart? We need everyone to take care of the commons if HN is to survive what's happening in society and on the rest of the internet. It's in all of our interests to do that, because that's how HN can stay interesting in the long run. Scorched earth: not interesting.
- TAForObvReasons 7y agoIn a world of ample private capital, there are only two real reasons to IPO: providing an exit for investors and raising monies that can't be raised in private. Neither reflect well on the future prospects of the company.
- brycesbeard 7y agoA third option - raising capital from a public market may be cheaper holistically. Perhaps the private money is heavy into competition, and you’re worries about onerous terms. I’m sure we could think of other options if we tried really hard.