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> Then think about giant private companies like Stripe or Figma. Now you have to be much larger and more mature, which takes a long time. I don't think this is
by lesuorac 1y ago
> Then think about giant private companies like Stripe or Figma. Now you have to be much larger and more mature, which takes a long time.
I don't think this is accurate.
People are chomping at the bit to invest into private companies through Tokens on Robinhood. Private companies do not want to deal with accountability so they remain private.
> I guess I view it as chicken and egg. If the huge mega corp companies were broken up or heavily regulated maybe smaller companies wouldn’t need mergers and acquisitions as much because they would be more stable in a fair competitive environment.
If you didn't allow small companies like Skype to sell to Microsoft then there wouldn't be a Teams to bully Salesforce.
- bix6 1y agoOnly the top 30 companies have secondary interest. Everyone else is illiquid or takes a steep discount. It’s not healthy for the early stage ecosystem which relies on capital recycling to fund the next generation of managers and founders.