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I know some of these firms dont need us, but man there sure are some companys out there I would love to have some shares in. What are some IPOs you wish for or think may happen?
Dunkin Donuts. A tremendous franchise - they sell coffee by the ton here in New England. They've got Starbucks beat hands down here. They were a public company at one time and went private back in the 90's. They were one of Peter Lynch's big money makers in the 1980's and he wrote a lot about them in his two books. Excellent coffee, good food and a store on every block - you can't beat them here in this area.
Having worked for a top private company that was then sold off to a publicly held company my answer would be NONE. What a sure fire way to ruin a good company but to open them up to stockholder review.
Having worked for a top private company that was then sold off to a publicly held company my answer would be NONE. What a sure fire way to ruin a good company but to open them up to stockholder review.
thats a little scary, I currently work for a large company that went private a couple years back. We were bought out by a private equity firm and will obviously go public when the firm is satisfied with the ROI they gained. Was your company always private? Here I have been waiting for us to go public so I can hopefully get a discount on shares haha
I think when a company goes public, management tends to shorten their business needs timeframe. Instead of actually following a five year plan, they start to focus on hitting the quarterly number.
Jennifer Anniston.
Oh wait, that's not what you meant....
Seriously though, I'd love to have shares in the company with which I work, Weichert Realtors. But I don't think Jim has any plans on selling.
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I think when a company goes public, management tends to shorten their business needs timeframe. Instead of actually following a five year plan, they start to focus on hitting the quarterly number.
Exactly, short term solutions for long term problems don't work very well. The worst were hiring decisions. With the old company you hired when necessary, the new company it was all about what would show up on the annual report so if you had staffing needs after August 1st, too bad.
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thats a little scary, I currently work for a large company that went private a couple years back. We were bought out by a private equity firm and will obviously go public when the firm is satisfied with the ROI they gained. Was your company always private? Here I have been waiting for us to go public so I can hopefully get a discount on shares haha
Yes, started out as a family owned business. The core business still is private and family owned, the division we were in was sold to a publicly held company.
Yes, started out as a family owned business. The core business still is private and family owned, the division we were in was sold to a publicly held company.
I think that might be a bit different then most scenarios as it sounds like all of the higher ups were no longer in charge. I would assume most of the time a private goes public the C level would remain the same and understand the needs a bit better. Maybe Im just drinking the koolaid
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