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The target gets a public stock, which is what they want and a valuation higher than they were before the deal
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Doubled revenue in 2020 while becoming profitable, absurd how well they are doing
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DTC healthcare scrubs company Figs S-1
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To reference back to the article about Goldman Sachs analysts from yesterday, I think this helps explain why investment bankers can always change jobs. You market yourself off of deals you have worked on and offer a nugget from each one to
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They sacrificed themselves and killed others - that was the point. I imagine those not hazed are more likely to help others as well
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Every actual war that called up those that weren’t ready and trained proves this point wrong
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6y ago
Pitchbook for a CEO that details stats about several start ups intheir space that might make good acquisition targets. Pitch book that details financial implications of acquiring a publicly traded company where all the details are available
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If you said this about fraternities, everyone would ridicule you for hours. I don’t think the technological progression of the navy would have been hindered if we had had a nicer working environment.
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COBOL, don’t go easy on them
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It is used as a graphics output of those financial models as well. Bankers, both commercial and investment, use it to copy and paste into PowerPoint presentations that form the basis of billion dollar transactions everyday.
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The way they talked about it expanding and it’s softness I thought it was a new crash absorption technology like in Demolition Man (the movie with Bullock, Stallone and Snipes) where it instantly fills the car
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I have no idea how people figure this out of test it out, but I find it very interesting.
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Maybe. Or to buy at 19 and sell the next day at 24
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There is no way to prove that. For every story of someone who lost $50k there are multiple ppl posting that they made $50k
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Me buying a share from you has no impact on the company. They only benefit if they can sell primary shares. A company’s ability to monetize a rising stock price is time consuming, you can’t decide tomorrow to issue $100m worth of shares and
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But there is a buyer and seller in the transaction regardless of whether one person is gambling or investing.
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Doesn’t matter, as long as you are making money.
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Yes, a lot of money printed since 2008 and yields at record lows, inflation not in sight.
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On inflation, absolutely. Nothing has changed since 2008 when people first brought up inflation
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Can’t be right every time
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Given propublica’s investigation into higher audit rates among the poor than the wealthy, I view this as a win. Keep moving in this direction and chase higher payouts with longer periods of nothing rather than volume
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It’s too cold so everyone figured out another solution?
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6y ago
Probably via a SPAC and promoted by WSB memes. $10T TAM identified
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You could have said the same about Madoff.
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I love python. In investment banking I can see a usage for recurring analyses of fundraising or grabbing data from the SEC. it would be next to impossible for analyses by client.
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This doesn’t seem to be a recognition issue though. It’s not AR or deferred, it’s not being accounted for at all or tracked
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Interest in public benefit corporations will only increase from here.
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That same thing was said in reference to those banks and IBM 15 years ago too
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Stock options in an already public company carries a lot of weight relative to a company that it doesn’t seem they are in a hurry to go public.
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan have all moved down market and lead most IPOs these days. Everyone else is fighting for 30% or less of the fees. As a CEO, you can’t lose your job if they mess up your IPO. But if you choose Jefferies an
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