[red-iron-pine]

to put a finer point on it, it means the owners don't have to dilute shares or give up control.

no new execs from acquisitions coming in, no risk of spinning off in different ways because of new blood, just organic growth

[odyssey7]

A leader with absolute authority over the company isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Publicly traded companies have accountability to more stakeholders in additional ways.

A private company isn’t necessarily better for being able to avoid that accountability.