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by justahuman74 452 days ago
I'm suprised the VCs aren't pushing IPOs more.

A lack of IPOs makes the startup life much less attractive than sitting around at a post-IPO company, which also means a harder time growing the startups the VCs are investing in

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> suprised the VCs aren't pushing IPOs more

Harder to charge 2 & 20 on public equities.

I hadn't considered their fee structure.

I guess it also likely not helpful to the VCs to have the public market having real opinions about the valuation that the fees are presumably based on, unless the company is a clear runaway success

If you look right here on HN you will see how many gullible people think there equity will be statistically worth something.

You would be surprised how many true believers there are out there