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You understand that doing an IPO is quite literally selling big chunks of yourself to the highest bidder, right?
by WJW 11mo ago
You understand that doing an IPO is quite literally selling big chunks of yourself to the highest bidder, right?
- ceejayoz 11mo agoSort of. You can do what Zuck did; give your shares more votes, so you stay in control. (He owns 13% of the shares, but more than 50% of the voting power.) That's less doable with an acquisition.
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- paxys 10mo agoIn one case your ownership is diluted by maybe 10%, and you keep full decision making power and everything else. In the other it is diluted by 100% and you are now an employee. They are very different outcomes.
- fullstackchris 10mo agouh... thats exactly why anthropic wouldnt want to be acquired? weird response to that comment IMO
- JohnnyMarcone 10mo agoThe current leadership retains power in an IPO. Is there a minimum size chuck one has to sell when IPO-ing? How do you know it will be big chunks?
- sunir 10mo agoNot necessarily controlling stakes.