The issuers doing S-1's are just of public interest and in the same circuit of companies that many people on HN consider joining or use the tools of. As such, m

The issuers doing S-1's are just of public interest and in the same circuit of companies that many people on HN consider joining or use the tools of. As such, many people have been interested in their shares being publicly traded for a long time. IPOs have become less common due to regulations as well as adequate growth of the private secondary market following more coordination by accredited investors, but they used to be 3x more common and at much lower valuations.