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Does the owner of a company effectively "give up" a portion of his company on IPO?
Let’s say you are the 100% owner of a company worth $1,000,000. You sell shares to the public for $1,000,000. The company is the same except there is $1,000,000 in its bank account, so it is now worth ...
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Does the owner of a company effectively "give up" a portion of his company on IPO?
Traditionally, the reason for going public was to raise money to expand the company, figuring that a smaller percentage of a company that was much more profitable would produce more income for the ...
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Does the owner of a company effectively "give up" a portion of his company on IPO?
I’m effectively “giving up” that chunk of the pie because the money raised through an IPO goes to the company
This is true, which is why an IPO is a method of raising capital for the company to use. ...
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