Re:IPOs are expensive and cumbersome – Try a direct listing,...
by stanleydrew on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:43PM
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>> Avoiding the lock-up period was a very important part of our decision to list Spotify directly, but there were also clear financial benefits.
> This was listed as, I think, a positive but I see it as an extreme negative. Why invest in your company if you don't have the conviction that it will be worth more 3-6 months from now.
This is silly. You could make the same statement judging employees for selling at any arbitrary point in time. So why not lock them up for a year? Why not two?
Founders and executives of very successful private companies sell shares during Series B and later rounds, and yet the new investors in those rounds are willing to buy them at close. Are those new investors fools to pay off founders without conviction?
> This was listed as, I think, a positive but I see it as an extreme negative. Why invest in your company if you don't have the conviction that it will be worth more 3-6 months from now.
This is silly. You could make the same statement judging employees for selling at any arbitrary point in time. So why not lock them up for a year? Why not two?
Founders and executives of very successful private companies sell shares during Series B and later rounds, and yet the new investors in those rounds are willing to buy them at close. Are those new investors fools to pay off founders without conviction?