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by fragmede
13 days ago
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Yes, they did. In the wake of Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley was passed, for which the 2nd order effect was that companies take years and years longer to IPO. 10-17 years on average since 2010 (it used to be lower). (There are other reasons, it's not purely due to SOX. The existing investors don't have liquidity. I can't buy a house or pay my bills with shares I'm not allowed to sell. A better exit later is worthless if I starve to death before the exit. |
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Did mom and pop invest..? No they did not. The investors who did knew the long time horizon they were committing to.
They could’ve gone public earlier - they chose not to and venture capitalists were happy to keep supplying the funding.
Also lol @ using that act to explain why people take longer to ipo. Lest we forget how deep venture capital has become. Hahahha